Open-source battle rages in Oregon

"A group of open-source advocates and critics will meet behind closed doors
Wednesday afternoon, in the first of at least two meetings in search of a
compromise on what could be the first bill in the United States to
encourage the use of open-source software by a state government."

http://news.com.com/2100-1012-996210.html

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