Re: open source policy across the globe

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.misc.free-software-business
Organization The XEmacs Project
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>>>> "Bernard" == Bernard Lang <[email protected]> writes:

    Bernard>   ... and my question is about the frontier between what
    Bernard> you consider relevant, and what you don't, which is
    Bernard> especially important in the case of government.

Yes.  I think that the boundary you propose:

    Bernard>   Jobs are not equal, or may not be considered equal.
    Bernard> Most the people around me prefer jobs created in France
    Bernard> to jobs created in the USA ... and your economic
    Bernard> considerations about productivity do not matter much to
    Bernard> them.

is bad public policy.  I believe in democracy, and if a democratic
society chooses to do things that way, I will acquiesce, but not shut
up.


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