Re: looks like it's happening everywhere but the US.

Thank heaven that Europe is being sensible on software patents!

There is actually quite a bit going on in US government with OS but most
is below the radar.


Jan


On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 22:04, Nicolas Pettiaux wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:40:07 -0500 (CDT), lon jones wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your selection.
> 
> yes, you are right. It looks like it's happening everywhere but the US:
> Governments are adopting Free Software.
> 
> Evidence of the move are collected on [1] in a wiki. Please help us maintain
> and organize these evidence and testimony to help develop the use of Free
> Software in Governements.
> 
> http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/FS4eGov
> 
> Nicolas
> 
> PS: Just a note seen from the European side: it is a pitty for the US ... but
> I do not personnally care : I am happy that the rest of the world is showing
> the US what is the way to go: with sofware patents, maybe use of Free Software
> and other civil points. I am a little fed up with the demonstration by some
> Americans from the US like Bush and others that the US are the examples to
> follow ! I'll try my best at helping the US find the best way ;-)
> 
> 
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