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| DATE | 2003-02-06 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:17:17 -0500
From: Ruben I Safir
To: David Sugar
Cc: Ruben Safir , gnue-at-gnu.org, derek-at-gnue.org,
bkuhn-at-gnu.org, hangout-at-nylxs.com, Michal Medvecky
Subject: Re: [hangout] eGovOS conference in D.C.; I'm not attending that
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What is he out of his MIND
They need to investigate this for a payoff or bribe.
Is there an investigative committee for ethics?
Ruben
On 2003.02.06 17:12 David Sugar wrote:
> Ruben,
>
> the circumstances is that Tony is permitting the eGovCOS conference to be used
> to promote Microsoft "Shared Source" as a valid and hence ethically
> acceptable form of or ethically equivilent "Open Source" and Free Software
> licensing. This is Microsoft's goal, and I see no reason to participate in a
> conference that helps promote that mistaken goal. However, this was not my
> only reason for deciding not to attend that event; it was simply the last
> straw.
>
> On Thursday 06 February 2003 16:38, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > What is the circumstances
> >
> > Ruben
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 04:35:20PM -0500, David Sugar wrote:
> > > I recall that I originally had offered to help with a gnue presentation
> > > at eGovOS this year. For a number of reasons, and contrary to previous
> > > plans, after reviewing the circumstances of the eGovOS event, I have
> > > chosen this afternoon not to attend this year's eGovOS conference in
> > > mid-march after all. I think Derek may well guess some of my reasons for
> > > making this decision. Instead, I am considering extending my visit to
> > > Prague next month by several mire days, especially if it would help
> > > enable further discussions with their government and the Czech free
> > > software community in promoting the development and adoption of free
> > > software in the public sector by the Czech national government. I may
> > > also try to see some of thier city.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
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