Hi Jeff, On 9/12/06, Jeffrey Ian Dy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1.) Any one can use ANY programming language nor any compiler as long as the final output shall be FOSS licensed and the specifications adgere to open standards as defined in the bill. Having said that, please understand that there is an issue of open standard and how FOSS can actually run on open standard compliant platforms. For example C++ have Microsoft compilers, Borland, etc… C++ being the de facto universal programming language to date in the field of software reverse engineering, and since Linux source code is written in variations of C/C++, I don't think it would be an issue. But, how can we promote FOSS if you are using a source code who's syntax exclusively runs on proprietary programming languages? In any case, let me reiterate that the bill allows government to transact with software developers using ANY programming language as long as the final output is FOSS licensed and adheres to open standards
Are we still talking about licensing here, or are we delving into software engineering decisions? Standard C++ programming allows you to write code that can be compiled, run, and distributed for a myriad of platforms (a lot of which are not like Linux under the GPL). I don't understand how you can connect open standards and operating systems and hardware architectures and Free/Open Source Software in the same train of thought. At any rate, I still maintain that this bill (however good looking it may seem) is a needless headache for the legislative office of _any_ congressman. I still stand by my (personal) view that the Philippines produce quality FOSS first, then think about using _just_FOSS_ later. Let's make software that's of high enough quality first then worry about FOSS later. Let's advocate the use of FOSS, but any sort of "endorsement" or "preference" from the government is unnecessary and in my opinion counter productive. Having said that, good luck to you guys and I hope you understand what you're really getting yourselves into. -- Dean Michael C. Berris C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. web: http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: +63 928 7291459 phone: +63 2 8943415 other: +1 408 4049532 blogs: http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com http://3w-agility.blogspot.com http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
