Hi,
Another interesting link on this topic:
Call for Opensource Government: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7841486.stm
Sreejith
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- US President thinking of mandating "Open Source" (V. Sasi Kumar)
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:27:25 +0530 From: "V. Sasi Kumar" sasi.fsf@gmail.com Subject: [Fsf-friends] US President thinking of mandating "Open Source" To: Principal Support List of FSF-India fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in Message-ID: 1232989045.6757.101.camel@sasi-laptop Content-Type: text/plain
Obama exploring option of mandating "Open Source" software in government, says this story: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4297
Seems interesting. When will we have a Prime Minister who understands the benefits of Free Software? Hope Obama really decides to mandate Free Software in government. We can then use the story to campaign in our country. Wish Obama understood the philosophy of the Free Software movement and mandated Open Access and Creative Commons licencing for material generated using public funds too.
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V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
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