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Peru Passes Free Software Law - That's Free as in Free Speech (Groklaw)Peru Passes Free Software Law - That's Free as in Free Speech (Groklaw)Posted Sep 27, 2005 22:05 UTC (Tue) by mepr (guest, #4819)Parent article: Peru Passes Free Software Law - That's Free as in Free Speech (Groklaw)
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Recommendation or Requirement Posted Sep 28, 2005 13:21 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] While it is a positive step, I think that we can do better. It makes sense for governments to require delivery of source code along with their software projects; and in those cases where it is in the public interest, to make it public under a free software license. It can also be reasonable for governments to use or purchase only free software, for multiple reasons we all know: convenience, choice of suppliers and maintainers and so on.It is good news for a government to encourage procurement of free software; but a recommendation can be ignored, overheard or arm-twisted. When free software is a requirement, then it will really be time to rejoice together.
Recommendation or Requirement Posted Sep 28, 2005 16:12 UTC (Wed) by darktjm (subscriber, #19598) [Link] Even a legal mandate can be bypassed. Ada was required for military contracts for a while, but the mandate had giant loopholes, like "where cost effective" and "unless specially exempted by a designated official". Contractors could bypass this law by implementing in the language of their choice, and then saying upon submission that it would be too expensive to change to Ada. Or, they could just get their friends in high places to waive the requirement. Nonetheless, the mandate did promote greater use of Ada far more than a recommendation would have, so a free software mandate would probably have the same effect.
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