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Open Source Gets Political
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| As an election looms in the UK, copyright,
| intellectual property and Open Source, are
| making an appearance on the political stage,
| both at home and internationally.
|
| The government has been forced to make a
| number of significant changes to Lord
| Mandelsonâs much-criticised Digital Economy
| Bill. In response to a petition, the Prime
| Minister has dropped Mandelsonâs plans for a
| controversial âthree strikesâ rule forcing
| ISPs to permanently disconnect those
| repeatedly accused of illegal file sharing by
| copyright holders.
|
| Amongst a long list of grievances with the
| proposed bill, critics had pointed out the
| potential human rights implications of
| cutting-off households, particularly school
| children, from the Internet, based on the
| behaviour of one individual using a shared
| connection. However, in a statement on the
| Number 10 website, the government did not
| rule out forcing ISPs to enforce bandwidth
| restrictions, download limits and temporary
| account suspensions onto customers accused of
| breeching copyright.
|
| [...]
|
| Meanwhile, Shaddow Chancellor George Osborne
| has reiterated previous pledges to âcreate a
| level playing field for open source IT in
| government procurementâ. The Toriesâ new
| manifesto also promises to publish more
| information on all government contracts and
| tendering opportunities, as well as spending
| by QUANGOs and Local Government, in a bid to
| âopen up government procurement to more
| SMEs.â
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http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/open-source-gets-political/
Web inventor calls for government data transparency
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| Countries should be judged on their
| willingness to open up public data to their
| citizens, the inventor of the world wide web
| has told the BBC.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8572809.stm
Recent:
Tories pat small biz heads in open source IT procurement pledge
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| Echoing the current Labour government's
| "commitment" to open source and open
| standards, the Tories sang from the same
| hymn book by declaring they would "create a
| level playing field for open source IT in
| government procurement".
|
| [...]
|
| The manifesto added that a Tory government
| would immediately halt planned IT
| procurement projects, to evaulate proposals
| and "ensure that small businesses and open
| source IT providers are not locked out of
| the bidding process".
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/03/11/tory_tech_manifesto/
Greens criticise London gov't open source
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| London authorities have not done enough to
| make good on a central government
| commitment to use more open source,
| according to the Green Party.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10015282o-2000331828b,00.htm
Cameron: Give the UK's health records to Google
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| David Cameron has repeated his pledge to cancel the ContactPoint database and
| the ID card scheme if the Tories win the next election.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/cameron_health_records/
Tories admit to Wiki-alteration
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| The Tories have admitted a member of staff altered a Wikipedia entry on the
| artist Titian after a row between Gordon Brown and David Cameron.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7884121.stm
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