On 7/16/06, thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
what dou you mean by locally developed proprietary software can you qualify it? Are these apps were developed using expensive propietary tools so its end products can not be doubted as proprietary also.
It is software that is developed here in the Philippines, by a Philippine based and Filipino owned enterprise, acquired for a fee and non-redistributable. There are open source software developed using non-open source tools -- think Linux the kernel, developed with source code control software that is non-open source (bitkeeper), a lot of open source projects that run on the Windows platform were created using tools by Borland (Kylix/Delphi), Microsoft (MS VB/C++/C#(.NET or otherwise)). The tools used does not define the product developed (nor the licenses of the products that were developed using these tools).
I cant see why it will be disadvantageous to any goverment to use GPLed softwares the fact is clear, it is free to use. Also if goverments are going to use open source software then it is subject to transparency and less hocus focus, nothing is hidden under hood.
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