Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has clearly said that the US administration stands for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas.
Does this desire for freedom stop at the Internet door or does it go beyond that? Internet is one of the messengers of spreading knowledge andideas.' There is a lot of technological dictatorship around which is equally responsible for 'censorship' and control. Some questions are: Will the administration take necessary steps to eliminate an evil like DRM? Will Mrs. Clinton take measures to save citizens from paying forced Microsoft Taxes? If the Obama administration supports freedom of individuals, it should also consider elimination of software patents and create policies for Free Standard-based, fully interoperable technologies for mass usage. Read article here: http://katonda.com/blog/595/will-clinton-free-world-software-dictatorship Swapnil _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
