> Do not evangelize F/OSS. F/OSS is just an acronym for "free and open source > software".hence technology. No need to be overzealous about it.
Why would you call clarifying the meaning of FOSS as 'evangelizing' and being 'overzealous'? We who want govt to use FOSS want it to insist on a bundle of rights (the rights to use, share and modify) about software, not to insist on a particular software technology. FOSS can be any particular software technology, as long as these technologies recognize the bundle of rights that FOSS represents. The govt does not abandon 'technological neutrality', as claimed by FOSS opponents, by adopting FOSS as its default. 'FOSS-as-default' still retains for individual users in govt the option to use other software with a different bundle of rights, as long as they can justify why they want to surrender the bundle of rights that comes with FOSS. This is very reasonable, isn't it? Just curious: do you happen to do business with the Phil. govt? Greetings, Obet Verzola _________________________________________________ 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
