Possible reason - Supply chain

Posted Dec 29, 2010 17:18 UTC (Wed) by adobriyan (subscriber, #30858)
In reply to: Possible reason - Supply chain by malefic
Parent article: Vladimir Putin Orders Russian Government to Switch to Free Software by 2015 (Mashable)

> Looks like a greater trend of Russian government finally realizing
> the benefits of openness and technological independence open standards
> and FOSS provide.

*cough*

You have to have licensing agreement for every copy, otherwise even Debian
is de facto illegal.

Even if you have them, computers can be confiscated to check for licensing
compliance.

And if you haven't wrote down ID numbers on every piece of hardware,
assume you'll never see them again.

Confiscating company machines by competitor request is an excellent way
to maintain competition in ever changing Free Market.

Possible reason - Supply chain

Posted Dec 29, 2010 21:00 UTC (Wed) by malefic (guest, #37306) [Link]

Such abuse is inherent to authoritarian and corrupt states such as Russia today, but that does not mean it cannot be fixed. FOSS directive is at least a step in the right direction. Let's hope they have enough will to actually put it to action.