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Open source movement spreads across Asia
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| Open source has consistently made headlines in recent years, having drawn
| much industry attention both from technologists and business decision-makers.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62056314,00.htm
City hall goes open source
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| City hall will be more transparent after council passed a notice of motion
| opening up the city's data to the public last Monday.
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| The notice instructs city bureaucrats to draft a report on how to make all
| data collected by the City of Calgary, from traffic statistics to census
| numbers, more accessible to Calgarians in an open source format, while
| respecting privacy and security concerns.
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| [...]
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| It would even cut down on the city's use of proprietary software, saving
| money down the road, said Kelly. Opening up the records in open source format
| would allow developers to take advantage of the information to create new
| open source programs that could be used by city officials to save expenses.
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http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/13691
Recent:
Advocates say open-source software is better
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| Advocates for open-source software are urging governments to embrace the
| concept, which they argue will save money, offer more flexibility and create
| better computer programs by encouraging collaboration.
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| Open-source programs - which allow anyone to change or modify them - have
| been gaining popularity in recent years, from free consumer software such as
| the Firefox web browser to Internet servers and other complex applications.
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http://technology.canoe.ca/2009/06/17/9832971-cp.html
Vancouver enters the age of the open city
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| BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Vancouver endorses the principles of:
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| * Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with
| citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data
| possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;
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| * Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to
| adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats
| of media;
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| * Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing
| software or considering new applications, will place open source software on
| an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and
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http://eaves.ca/2009/05/14/vancouver-enters-the-age-of-the-open-city/
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