On Mon, 6 May 2002, Jacob Meuser wrote: > On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 05:16:55PM -0700, Tim Howe wrote: > > Have you guys read the letter at www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25157.html > > Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that. Even if it wasn't from > a Peruvian Congressman (the person obviously has spent some time with > free software, and given a lot of thought wrt its socio-economic > dynamics), it's very insightful and well written. > The letter was hosted at gnu.org.pe and Dr. Villanueva does appear in the registry of the peruvian legislature, so he's for real as is the letter. I think you are just seeing the limits of theregister.co.uk.
The letter is a very clear explanation of why a government founded on democratic principles should adopt free software as the practical expression of those ideals. Too bad our own country barely even pretends to be a democracy anymore. http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi)
