User: jpmcc Date: 2009-01-08 11:59:03+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Thu Jan 8 12:00:13 GMT 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.1369&r2=1.1370 Delta lines: +46 -33 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-01-08 05:58:59+0000 1.1369 +++ atom.xml 2009-01-08 11:58:59+0000 1.1370 @@ -5,10 +5,50 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2009-01-08T06:00:22+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-01-08T12:00:26+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source</title> + <link href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/"/> + <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=618</id> + <updated>2009-01-08T09:19:52+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>I know <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">this</a> isn&#8217;t exactly &#8220;new&#8221; news, (it&#8217;s 2 days old and has appeared on /. I understand) but to me it is really important and should be shouted from the rooftops.</p> +<blockquote><p><em>VietNamNet Bridge â The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software products at state agencies.</em></p> +<p>Accordingly, by June 30, 2009, 100% of servers of IT divisions of government agencies must be installed with open source software; 100% of staffs at these IT divisions must be trained in the use of these software products and at least 50% use them proficiently.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Get that! 100% of servers be installed with FOSS (I wonder if they will use Ubuntu?) by the middle of this year. </p> +<p><strong>I mean WOW!</strong> Somebody tell Gordon will they? </p> +<p>The article goes on to discuss the desktop, although I guess some of the clarity has been lost in translation but:</p> +<blockquote><p> +Open source software products are OpenOffice, email software for servers of Mozilla ThunderBird, Mozilla FireFox web browser and the Vietnamese typing software Unikey.</p> +<p>The instruction also said that by December 31, 2009, 70% of servers of ministriesâ agencies and local state agencies must be installed with the above open source software products and 70% of IT staff trained in using this software; and at least 40% able to use the software in their work.</p> +<p>The above agencies are requested to increase the number of documents and information exchanged among them processed by the above software. By December 31, 2010, all staff at these agencies must be able to use open source software in their jobs. +</p></blockquote> +<p>This is pretty amazing. A sovereign government, mandating the use of FOSS and open standards for document exchange too. And let&#8217;s not forget that will bring massive benefits to the Vietnamese citizen. No longer will they have to go and buy, or possibly pirate <em>(see below about cracked software)</em>, copies of proprietary software to exchange documents. They can all happily go and use Free Software safe in the knowledge that their government will be able to accept their documents. </p> +<p>I&#8217;d like to see what happens if you sent Gordon a letter in ODF?</p> +<p>There is a final, short sentence to this news item that also made me sit up and take note:</p> +<blockquote><p>The instruction also requests that computer traders not sell PCs installed with cracked software, but open source ones.</p></blockquote> +<p>BANG goes the Microsoft TAX in Vietnam. </p> +<p>Congratulations to every one who made this happen - I dread to think how much lobbying must have gone on behind closed doors before they got to this point. Can you imagine how M$ must have reacted???</p> +<p>And please pass <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">this</a> story on. I believe this is an announcement worthy of spreading far and wide. </p> +<p>Here&#8217;s the URL in it&#8217;s full glory: <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/</a>.</p> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Tell Someone Else!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/delicious.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/digg.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/technorati.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/stumbleupon.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/google.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/bloglines.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/slashdot.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" /></a></div> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded END --></content> + <author> + <name>Alan Lord</name> + <uri>http://www.theopensourcerer.com</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">The Open Sourcerer » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">The Magic of Open Source</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/"/> + <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/</id> + <updated>2009-01-08T12:00:25+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">Doubts &amp; Hopes</title> <link href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/doubts-hopes/"/> <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/doubts-hopes/</id> @@ -110,7 +150,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">The Magic of Open Source</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2009-01-08T00:00:40+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-01-08T12:00:25+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -245,7 +285,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-01-08T06:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-01-08T12:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -273,7 +313,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">The Magic of Open Source</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2009-01-08T00:00:40+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-01-08T12:00:25+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -349,7 +389,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">News and interesting stories about OpenOffice.org and other open source solutions.</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632</id> - <updated>2009-01-08T00:00:34+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-01-08T12:00:24+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -469,7 +509,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">The Magic of Open Source</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2009-01-08T00:00:40+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-01-08T12:00:25+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -522,31 +562,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Protect Innovation: Donât use Proprietary Software (and other Advent niceties)</title> - <link href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/"/> - <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/</id> - <updated>2008-12-11T16:42:26+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Last week I attended the <a href="http://www.openworldforum.org/">OpenWorld Forum Conference</a> (to be distinguished from our good friends of <a href="http://openforumeurope.org">OpenForum Europe</a>) and I met several interesting people. The location was very nice and I look forward its second edition; many thanks to our hosts and the conference organisers.</p> -<p>One specific conference I was attending was the FOSS strategy track. At some point there was a panel discussion where the CEO of Red Hat France, two persons from the competitivity clusters Cap Digital and Systematic, the COO of Talend who joined the Open Source work group of the Afdel. The <a href="http://www.afdel.fr/">Afdel</a> is an organisation representing French software vendors. By vendors they usually mean proprietary vendors. By French, they usually mean Microsoft and some french software vendors. For some reason unknown to me, they always side with Microsoft on every issue. They must think Microsoft is French or something of that kind. But I digress.</p> -<p>At some point the pannel discussion touched to the sensitive topic of software patents. I felt compelled to listen even more carefully as I&#8217;m concerned with the economic and moral issues of software patents, and the quite undemocratic attempts to include them in the European IPR system. For those interested, I recently gave <a href="http://arsaperta.com/actualites/charles-h.-schulz-speaks-at-the-ipr-in-ict-standardisation-workshop/;view">a speech on this topic </a>at an European Commission workshop.</p> -<p>The Afdel&#8217;s point is that it was right to protect innovation. By innovation they mean code, so their point was that it was crucial to properly protect code, even open source code, so software patents were valid. The Afdel was adamant at letting us know about what I can only translate as being software &#8220;fraud&#8221;, that is, people stealing code from other developers. This argument was obviously justifying software patents.</p> -<p>This got me thinking. Forgive me this simple reasonning, but I think it makes sense to conclude that since there&#8217;s only Free and Open Source Software code that is widely available on the Internet, then the Afdel thinks that using, running, modifying and distributing Free and Open Source Software is actually code steal. The issue is of course that there is no such thing when it comes to FOSS. So whoelse might be stealing that code? &#8230; Proprietary software vendors maybe? After all we have no way to really know if they haven&#8217;t integrated code that is publicly available in their products and then claim it&#8217;s all theirs&#8230; I&#8217;ll stop there, some will call me disingenuous if I continue my rant.</p> -<p>In other news, Germany <a href="http://www.bmi.bund.de/Internet/Content/Nachrichten/Pressemitteilungen/2008/12/ODF.html">has decided to start a nation-wide migration to ODF</a>. I wonder what the DIN thinks of that announcement. Okay, I got it, I&#8217;m stopping this post right here. I promess.</p> -<p>Until then&#8230;</p> -<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=108&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_108" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> -</p></content> - <author> - <name>Charles Schulz</name> - <uri>http://standardsandfreedom.net</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings</title> - <subtitle type="html">A weblog by Charles-H. Schulz.</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed"/> - <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed</id> - <updated>2009-01-08T00:00:17+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1376&r2=1.1377 Delta lines: +37 -24 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-01-08 05:59:00+0000 1.1376 +++ index.html 2009-01-08 11:59:00+0000 1.1377 @@ -37,8 +37,44 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: January 08, 2009 06:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: January 08, 2009 12:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<h2>January 08, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com"; title="The Open Sourcerer » OpenOffice.org"> +Alan Lord</a> : +<a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/";> +Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>I know <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/";>this</a> isn’t exactly “new” news, (it’s 2 days old and has appeared on /. I understand) but to me it is really important and should be shouted from the rooftops.</p> +<blockquote><p><em>VietNamNet Bridge â The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software products at state agencies.</em></p> +<p>Accordingly, by June 30, 2009, 100% of servers of IT divisions of government agencies must be installed with open source software; 100% of staffs at these IT divisions must be trained in the use of these software products and at least 50% use them proficiently.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Get that! 100% of servers be installed with FOSS (I wonder if they will use Ubuntu?) by the middle of this year. </p> +<p><strong>I mean WOW!</strong> Somebody tell Gordon will they? </p> +<p>The article goes on to discuss the desktop, although I guess some of the clarity has been lost in translation but:</p> +<blockquote><p> +Open source software products are OpenOffice, email software for servers of Mozilla ThunderBird, Mozilla FireFox web browser and the Vietnamese typing software Unikey.</p> +<p>The instruction also said that by December 31, 2009, 70% of servers of ministriesâ agencies and local state agencies must be installed with the above open source software products and 70% of IT staff trained in using this software; and at least 40% able to use the software in their work.</p> +<p>The above agencies are requested to increase the number of documents and information exchanged among them processed by the above software. By December 31, 2010, all staff at these agencies must be able to use open source software in their jobs. +</p></blockquote> +<p>This is pretty amazing. A sovereign government, mandating the use of FOSS and open standards for document exchange too. And let’s not forget that will bring massive benefits to the Vietnamese citizen. No longer will they have to go and buy, or possibly pirate <em>(see below about cracked software)</em>, copies of proprietary software to exchange documents. They can all happily go and use Free Software safe in the knowledge that their government will be able to accept their documents. </p> +<p>I’d like to see what happens if you sent Gordon a letter in ODF?</p> +<p>There is a final, short sentence to this news item that also made me sit up and take note:</p> +<blockquote><p>The instruction also requests that computer traders not sell PCs installed with cracked software, but open source ones.</p></blockquote> +<p>BANG goes the Microsoft TAX in Vietnam. </p> +<p>Congratulations to every one who made this happen - I dread to think how much lobbying must have gone on behind closed doors before they got to this point. Can you imagine how M$ must have reacted???</p> +<p>And please pass <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/";>this</a> story on. I believe this is an announcement worthy of spreading far and wide. </p> +<p>Here’s the URL in it’s full glory: <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/";>http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/</a>.</p> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Tell Someone Else!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/delicious.png"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/digg.png"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/technorati.png"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/stumbleupon.png"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/google.png"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/bloglines.png"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/slashdot.png"; title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" /></a></div> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded END --></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/";>by Alan Lord at January 08, 2009 09:19 AM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>January 07, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net"; title="Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings"> @@ -467,29 +503,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>December 11, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net"; title="Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings"> -Charles Schulz</a> : -<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/";> -Protect Innovation: Donât use Proprietary Software (and other Advent niceties)</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Last week I attended the <a href="http://www.openworldforum.org/";>OpenWorld Forum Conference</a> (to be distinguished from our good friends of <a href="http://openforumeurope.org";>OpenForum Europe</a>) and I met several interesting people. The location was very nice and I look forward its second edition; many thanks to our hosts and the conference organisers.</p> -<p>One specific conference I was attending was the FOSS strategy track. At some point there was a panel discussion where the CEO of Red Hat France, two persons from the competitivity clusters Cap Digital and Systematic, the COO of Talend who joined the Open Source work group of the Afdel. The <a href="http://www.afdel.fr/";>Afdel</a> is an organisation representing French software vendors. By vendors they usually mean proprietary vendors. By French, they usually mean Microsoft and some french software vendors. For some reason unknown to me, they always side with Microsoft on every issue. They must think Microsoft is French or something of that kind. But I digress.</p> -<p>At some point the pannel discussion touched to the sensitive topic of software patents. I felt compelled to listen even more carefully as I’m concerned with the economic and moral issues of software patents, and the quite undemocratic attempts to include them in the European IPR system. For those interested, I recently gave <a href="http://arsaperta.com/actualites/charles-h.-schulz-speaks-at-the-ipr-in-ict-standardisation-workshop/;view";>a speech on this topic </a>at an European Commission workshop.</p> -<p>The Afdel’s point is that it was right to protect innovation. By innovation they mean code, so their point was that it was crucial to properly protect code, even open source code, so software patents were valid. The Afdel was adamant at letting us know about what I can only translate as being software “fraud”, that is, people stealing code from other developers. This argument was obviously justifying software patents.</p> -<p>This got me thinking. Forgive me this simple reasonning, but I think it makes sense to conclude that since there’s only Free and Open Source Software code that is widely available on the Internet, then the Afdel thinks that using, running, modifying and distributing Free and Open Source Software is actually code steal. The issue is of course that there is no such thing when it comes to FOSS. So whoelse might be stealing that code? … Proprietary software vendors maybe? After all we have no way to really know if they haven’t integrated code that is publicly available in their products and then claim it’s all theirs… I’ll stop there, some will call me disingenuous if I continue my rant.</p> -<p>In other news, Germany <a href="http://www.bmi.bund.de/Internet/Content/Nachrichten/Pressemitteilungen/2008/12/ODF.html";>has decided to start a nation-wide migration to ODF</a>. I wonder what the DIN thinks of that announcement. Okay, I got it, I’m stopping this post right here. I promess.</p> -<p>Until then…</p> -<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=108&akst_action=share-this"; title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_108" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> -</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/";>by Charles at December 11, 2008 04:42 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.1369&r2=1.1370 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-01-08 05:59:00+0000 1.1369 +++ opml.xml 2009-01-08 11:59:00+0000 1.1370 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:22 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:26 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[email protected]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.589&r2=1.590 Delta lines: +28 -15 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-01-07 11:59:42+0000 1.589 +++ rss10.xml 2009-01-08 11:59:00+0000 1.590 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=618"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/doubts-hopes/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/predictions-resolutions/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=606"; /> @@ -32,11 +33,37 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=589"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=925"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=613"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=618";> + <title>Alan Lord: Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source</title> + <link>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/</link> + <content:encoded><p>I know <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">this</a> isn&#8217;t exactly &#8220;new&#8221; news, (it&#8217;s 2 days old and has appeared on /. I understand) but to me it is really important and should be shouted from the rooftops.</p> +<blockquote><p><em>VietNamNet Bridge â The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software products at state agencies.</em></p> +<p>Accordingly, by June 30, 2009, 100% of servers of IT divisions of government agencies must be installed with open source software; 100% of staffs at these IT divisions must be trained in the use of these software products and at least 50% use them proficiently.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Get that! 100% of servers be installed with FOSS (I wonder if they will use Ubuntu?) by the middle of this year. </p> +<p><strong>I mean WOW!</strong> Somebody tell Gordon will they? </p> +<p>The article goes on to discuss the desktop, although I guess some of the clarity has been lost in translation but:</p> +<blockquote><p> +Open source software products are OpenOffice, email software for servers of Mozilla ThunderBird, Mozilla FireFox web browser and the Vietnamese typing software Unikey.</p> +<p>The instruction also said that by December 31, 2009, 70% of servers of ministriesâ agencies and local state agencies must be installed with the above open source software products and 70% of IT staff trained in using this software; and at least 40% able to use the software in their work.</p> +<p>The above agencies are requested to increase the number of documents and information exchanged among them processed by the above software. By December 31, 2010, all staff at these agencies must be able to use open source software in their jobs. +</p></blockquote> +<p>This is pretty amazing. A sovereign government, mandating the use of FOSS and open standards for document exchange too. And let&#8217;s not forget that will bring massive benefits to the Vietnamese citizen. No longer will they have to go and buy, or possibly pirate <em>(see below about cracked software)</em>, copies of proprietary software to exchange documents. They can all happily go and use Free Software safe in the knowledge that their government will be able to accept their documents. </p> +<p>I&#8217;d like to see what happens if you sent Gordon a letter in ODF?</p> +<p>There is a final, short sentence to this news item that also made me sit up and take note:</p> +<blockquote><p>The instruction also requests that computer traders not sell PCs installed with cracked software, but open source ones.</p></blockquote> +<p>BANG goes the Microsoft TAX in Vietnam. </p> +<p>Congratulations to every one who made this happen - I dread to think how much lobbying must have gone on behind closed doors before they got to this point. Can you imagine how M$ must have reacted???</p> +<p>And please pass <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">this</a> story on. I believe this is an announcement worthy of spreading far and wide. </p> +<p>Here&#8217;s the URL in it&#8217;s full glory: <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/</a>.</p> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Tell Someone Else!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/delicious.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/digg.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/technorati.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/stumbleupon.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/google.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/bloglines.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/slashdot.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" /></a></div> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded END --></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-01-08T09:19:52+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/doubts-hopes/";> <title>Charles Schulz: Doubts & Hopes</title> <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/doubts-hopes/</link> @@ -304,19 +331,5 @@ <p>Kudos to the guys at <a href="http://www.nestoria.co.uk/">Nestoria</a> for their use of open source technologies.</p></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-12-13T21:53:53+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/";> - <title>Charles Schulz: Protect Innovation: Donât use Proprietary Software (and other Advent niceties)</title> - <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/</link> - <content:encoded><p>Last week I attended the <a href="http://www.openworldforum.org/">OpenWorld Forum Conference</a> (to be distinguished from our good friends of <a href="http://openforumeurope.org">OpenForum Europe</a>) and I met several interesting people. The location was very nice and I look forward its second edition; many thanks to our hosts and the conference organisers.</p> -<p>One specific conference I was attending was the FOSS strategy track. At some point there was a panel discussion where the CEO of Red Hat France, two persons from the competitivity clusters Cap Digital and Systematic, the COO of Talend who joined the Open Source work group of the Afdel. The <a href="http://www.afdel.fr/">Afdel</a> is an organisation representing French software vendors. By vendors they usually mean proprietary vendors. By French, they usually mean Microsoft and some french software vendors. For some reason unknown to me, they always side with Microsoft on every issue. They must think Microsoft is French or something of that kind. But I digress.</p> -<p>At some point the pannel discussion touched to the sensitive topic of software patents. I felt compelled to listen even more carefully as I&#8217;m concerned with the economic and moral issues of software patents, and the quite undemocratic attempts to include them in the European IPR system. For those interested, I recently gave <a href="http://arsaperta.com/actualites/charles-h.-schulz-speaks-at-the-ipr-in-ict-standardisation-workshop/;view">a speech on this topic </a>at an European Commission workshop.</p> -<p>The Afdel&#8217;s point is that it was right to protect innovation. By innovation they mean code, so their point was that it was crucial to properly protect code, even open source code, so software patents were valid. The Afdel was adamant at letting us know about what I can only translate as being software &#8220;fraud&#8221;, that is, people stealing code from other developers. This argument was obviously justifying software patents.</p> -<p>This got me thinking. Forgive me this simple reasonning, but I think it makes sense to conclude that since there&#8217;s only Free and Open Source Software code that is widely available on the Internet, then the Afdel thinks that using, running, modifying and distributing Free and Open Source Software is actually code steal. The issue is of course that there is no such thing when it comes to FOSS. So whoelse might be stealing that code? &#8230; Proprietary software vendors maybe? After all we have no way to really know if they haven&#8217;t integrated code that is publicly available in their products and then claim it&#8217;s all theirs&#8230; I&#8217;ll stop there, some will call me disingenuous if I continue my rant.</p> -<p>In other news, Germany <a href="http://www.bmi.bund.de/Internet/Content/Nachrichten/Pressemitteilungen/2008/12/ODF.html">has decided to start a nation-wide migration to ODF</a>. I wonder what the DIN thinks of that announcement. Okay, I got it, I&#8217;m stopping this post right here. I promess.</p> -<p>Until then&#8230;</p> -<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=108&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_108" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> -</p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-12-11T16:42:26+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.589&r2=1.590 Delta lines: +28 -15 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-01-07 11:59:42+0000 1.589 +++ rss20.xml 2009-01-08 11:59:00+0000 1.590 @@ -8,6 +8,34 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Alan Lord: Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source</title> + <guid>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=618</guid> + <link>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/</link> + <description><p>I know <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">this</a> isn&#8217;t exactly &#8220;new&#8221; news, (it&#8217;s 2 days old and has appeared on /. I understand) but to me it is really important and should be shouted from the rooftops.</p> +<blockquote><p><em>VietNamNet Bridge â The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an instruction on using open source software products at state agencies.</em></p> +<p>Accordingly, by June 30, 2009, 100% of servers of IT divisions of government agencies must be installed with open source software; 100% of staffs at these IT divisions must be trained in the use of these software products and at least 50% use them proficiently.</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Get that! 100% of servers be installed with FOSS (I wonder if they will use Ubuntu?) by the middle of this year. </p> +<p><strong>I mean WOW!</strong> Somebody tell Gordon will they? </p> +<p>The article goes on to discuss the desktop, although I guess some of the clarity has been lost in translation but:</p> +<blockquote><p> +Open source software products are OpenOffice, email software for servers of Mozilla ThunderBird, Mozilla FireFox web browser and the Vietnamese typing software Unikey.</p> +<p>The instruction also said that by December 31, 2009, 70% of servers of ministriesâ agencies and local state agencies must be installed with the above open source software products and 70% of IT staff trained in using this software; and at least 40% able to use the software in their work.</p> +<p>The above agencies are requested to increase the number of documents and information exchanged among them processed by the above software. By December 31, 2010, all staff at these agencies must be able to use open source software in their jobs. +</p></blockquote> +<p>This is pretty amazing. A sovereign government, mandating the use of FOSS and open standards for document exchange too. And let&#8217;s not forget that will bring massive benefits to the Vietnamese citizen. No longer will they have to go and buy, or possibly pirate <em>(see below about cracked software)</em>, copies of proprietary software to exchange documents. They can all happily go and use Free Software safe in the knowledge that their government will be able to accept their documents. </p> +<p>I&#8217;d like to see what happens if you sent Gordon a letter in ODF?</p> +<p>There is a final, short sentence to this news item that also made me sit up and take note:</p> +<blockquote><p>The instruction also requests that computer traders not sell PCs installed with cracked software, but open source ones.</p></blockquote> +<p>BANG goes the Microsoft TAX in Vietnam. </p> +<p>Congratulations to every one who made this happen - I dread to think how much lobbying must have gone on behind closed doors before they got to this point. Can you imagine how M$ must have reacted???</p> +<p>And please pass <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">this</a> story on. I believe this is an announcement worthy of spreading far and wide. </p> +<p>Here&#8217;s the URL in it&#8217;s full glory: <a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/">http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/</a>.</p> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Tell Someone Else!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/delicious.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Del.icio.us" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/digg.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to digg" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/technorati.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Technorati" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/stumbleupon.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Stumble Upon" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/&title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/google.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Google Bookmarks" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/bloglines.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to Bloglines" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?title=Vietnam%3A+Will+be+100%25+Open+Source&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/01/08/vietnam-will-be-100-open-source/" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/slashdot.png" title="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" alt="Add 'Vietnam: Will be 100% Open Source' to SlashDot" /></a></div> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded END --></description> + <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:19:52 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>Charles Schulz: Doubts & Hopes</title> <guid>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/doubts-hopes/</guid> <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/01/07/doubts-hopes/</link> @@ -292,21 +320,6 @@ <p>Kudos to the guys at <a href="http://www.nestoria.co.uk/">Nestoria</a> for their use of open source technologies.</p></description> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:53:53 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Charles Schulz: Protect Innovation: Donât use Proprietary Software (and other Advent niceties)</title> - <guid>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/</guid> - <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/12/11/protect-innovation-dont-use-proprietary-software-and-other-advent-niceties/</link> - <description><p>Last week I attended the <a href="http://www.openworldforum.org/">OpenWorld Forum Conference</a> (to be distinguished from our good friends of <a href="http://openforumeurope.org">OpenForum Europe</a>) and I met several interesting people. The location was very nice and I look forward its second edition; many thanks to our hosts and the conference organisers.</p> -<p>One specific conference I was attending was the FOSS strategy track. At some point there was a panel discussion where the CEO of Red Hat France, two persons from the competitivity clusters Cap Digital and Systematic, the COO of Talend who joined the Open Source work group of the Afdel. The <a href="http://www.afdel.fr/">Afdel</a> is an organisation representing French software vendors. By vendors they usually mean proprietary vendors. By French, they usually mean Microsoft and some french software vendors. For some reason unknown to me, they always side with Microsoft on every issue. They must think Microsoft is French or something of that kind. But I digress.</p> -<p>At some point the pannel discussion touched to the sensitive topic of software patents. I felt compelled to listen even more carefully as I&#8217;m concerned with the economic and moral issues of software patents, and the quite undemocratic attempts to include them in the European IPR system. For those interested, I recently gave <a href="http://arsaperta.com/actualites/charles-h.-schulz-speaks-at-the-ipr-in-ict-standardisation-workshop/;view">a speech on this topic </a>at an European Commission workshop.</p> -<p>The Afdel&#8217;s point is that it was right to protect innovation. By innovation they mean code, so their point was that it was crucial to properly protect code, even open source code, so software patents were valid. The Afdel was adamant at letting us know about what I can only translate as being software &#8220;fraud&#8221;, that is, people stealing code from other developers. This argument was obviously justifying software patents.</p> -<p>This got me thinking. Forgive me this simple reasonning, but I think it makes sense to conclude that since there&#8217;s only Free and Open Source Software code that is widely available on the Internet, then the Afdel thinks that using, running, modifying and distributing Free and Open Source Software is actually code steal. The issue is of course that there is no such thing when it comes to FOSS. So whoelse might be stealing that code? &#8230; Proprietary software vendors maybe? After all we have no way to really know if they haven&#8217;t integrated code that is publicly available in their products and then claim it&#8217;s all theirs&#8230; I&#8217;ll stop there, some will call me disingenuous if I continue my rant.</p> -<p>In other news, Germany <a href="http://www.bmi.bund.de/Internet/Content/Nachrichten/Pressemitteilungen/2008/12/ODF.html">has decided to start a nation-wide migration to ODF</a>. I wonder what the DIN thinks of that announcement. 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