Re: Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 45

Hi,

Another interesting link on this topic:

Call for Opensource Government:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7841486.stm


Sreejith

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <fsf-friends-request-rmfFjpsnoN/[email protected]> wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:27:25 +0530
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> Obama exploring option of mandating "Open Source" software in
> government, says this story: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4297
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> 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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> Best
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> V. Sasi Kumar
> Free Software Foundation of India
> http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
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