Hi Paolo,
On 9/14/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 09:07 +0800, Danny Ching wrote:
>
> I agree with this assessment whole heartedly!
>
> But if I'm not mistaken, I think the bill allows the use of
> proprietary software if no FOSS is available. Is this correct, guys?
It does, but at its current form, it doesn't promote replacement of such
with FOSS equivalents. With that weakness, every lazy government IT head
would create all sorts of fabulous excuses just to maintain the status
quo rather than complying with the spirit of the intended bill.
The spirit of the intended bill is that of closing off the door to any
other software licensed under something that's not considered a FOSS
license. THIS is what is questionable, and the zealotry that comes
along with this motivation is reminiscent of fascist nazi doctrines of
"arian suppremacy" and "anti-semitism".
It's like the democratic center is being overwhelmed by hand-waving
and noise making of extremist zealots wanting the government to turn
into a control-freak basing its preferences on arbitrary whims of
loud-mouth proponents.
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