On 12/8/06, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/8/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I know a lot of licenses that fall under the top 3, and even
> proprietary software licenses can be tailored for government use to
> fall under the top 3 criteria. But this one is just a tad bit too far
> for my taste.
>
> Why should the software be redistributable to the public? Why not just
> within government?
>
Because the government work for us? Government is an island now?
Populated by enlightened people? Software contain knowledge and it
should not be monopolised by anyone. Its like NASA giving away all its
software for free or the genome project publishing their results for
unresrticted access? You against that too?
I was asking a question: of course I would like FOSS to make it into
government, but not through a law. In the given provisions in the
previous post, the point was to make the software redistributable to
the public as a requirement -- which I think is needless.
Endless rhetoric doesn't help make it clear, so let me state my intentions here:
As far as software procurement is concerned, redistribution to the
public in my opinion should not be a requirement. It might be a big
plus, but it should not be a criteria for government's
use/acquisition.
> I believe it should be enough that software the government uses should
> be under the government's scrutiny and evaluation in source and binary
> form. Requiring it that it be available to the public too is just
> needless IMO.
>
I believe its is essential.
Then to each his own.
> > The software that fits these criteria is free software, but those criteria
> > are about democracy, not about technology.
> >
>
> Which is why I am against being biased or prejudiced for "Free Software".
>
Yes and sharing of knowledge too.
You're miscontruing my statement here... You're putting words in my
mouth, and being a strawman doesn't help you one bit.
I am not against Free software, I just don't like government being
biased for FOSS. I am actually all about sharing knowledge (just as
long as it doesn't make me break any NDA's I've signed before). If you
haven't yet, check out my blogs, my projects at Sourceforge, and the
reason why I've talked about FOSS in previous PLUG tech sems and other
functions.
The context here is about passing a law: the FOSS bill. Of course,
that is only if you've missed it.
> And since it's about democracy, shouldn't we let the people involved
> with choosing the software be able to choose in a democratic way
> without having to legislate "one choice in the darkness bind us all" ?
>
I dont know about everybody else but i just dont trust Government.
Then live in your cave, and never pay your taxes again. If you don't
trust the Philippine government, then that's your problem.
--
Dean Michael C. Berris
http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/
mikhailberis AT gmail DOT com
+63 928 7291459
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