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Protecting sovereignty with free software is a good idea and the duty of
governments, says Stallman
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| This real-life nightmare scenario is surprisingly under-reported but it
| couldn’t provide a more convincing argument for why governments have a public
| duty to reject proprietary software. In the United States, this worst-case
| scenario may very well be played out during every election as the government
| uses proprietary “e-voting” software which they cannot audit. Numerous
| researchers have discovered that because of this situation, the United States
| is extremely susceptible to ballot fraud. With each election that uses
| secret, proprietary software, US citizens must ask themselves if every vote
| actually does count in US elections. The HBO documentary, “Hacking
| Democracy”, presents these research results and the results of their own
| investigations, which expose unbelievable vulnerabilities in US election
| software. In countries like Brazil, governments are switching to voting
| software based on free software, allowing the state to audit exactly what the
| software is doing. In the United States, still very little has been done to
| rectify these problems.
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http://news.northxsouth.com/2008/11/18/protecting-sovereignty-with-free-software-is-a-good-idea-and-the-duty-of-governments-says-stallman/
(Open) China Rising
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| One thing seems evident: that China is certainly punching well below its
| weight when it comes to producing indigenous free software. Although it is
| hard for Westerners like me to keep tabs on what is happening there, not
| least because of language challenges, very few major projects seem to be
| coming out of the region.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1521
"China has long been seen as a fertile ground for Linux and other open source
software. In a country where more than 90% of software in use is pirated, it
seems like a natural fit."
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/50004.html
Days ago:
Norway encourages use of open source software
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jw4MPPI93SAQa9K17qqeJGxwuhAwD94GP3DG0
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