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____/ Mark Kent on Friday 05 Feb 2010 14:35 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> Library Explores Ways to Release Open Source Software
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>>| In the spirit of transparency and community,
>>| the Library of Congress has established an
>>| internal process to create open source
>>| software. This will make it easier for
>>| software developers and sponsors within the
>>| Library to produce software that can be freely
>>| redistributed to users worldwide.
>>|
>>| "The overall effect will be to clarify and
>>| streamline the process for releasing software
>>| as open source," said Michelle Springer, a
>>| digital initiatives project manager at the
>>| Library, "allowing the Library and its
>>| partners to more fully participate in the open
>>| source development community."
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>> http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/2010/20100114news_article_open_source.html
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> Can we get them over to Kings Cross in London, please? There are a lot
> of people in the BL who really need a lesson in how to do this.
1-2 years ago they spoke about putting the Silver Lie "walls" to block taxpayers
who are not Microsoft customers*. It's good to see the Library of Congress doing a
180.
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* Microsoft reportedly paid them $20 million upfront in order to do this.
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