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| DATE | 2003-02-10 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Status
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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 18:13:01 -0500
From: Ruben I Safir
To: Dave Williams
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Subject: Re: [hangout] Status
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Of course it is advocacy...otherwise, what's the point
On 2003.02.10 18:10 Dave Williams wrote:
>
> As far as I can tell, any decision about how to proceed regarding the
> EGovOS conference hinges on one thing.
>
> Dr. Stallman expressed it best: Either the conference is advocacy, in
> which case Microsoft should be excluded, or it is an academic dialog, in
> which case the term "Open Source" should probably be removed from the
> title (in favor of something like "Comparative Source Code Licensing
> Schemes in Government" or something similar).
>
> Mr. Perens is welcome to attach the Open Source title to the meeting, of
> course. And Mr. Safir is welcome to organize a protest to draw
> attention to the issue of Shared Source as a perversion of Free
> Software's ideals. Whether this turns out to be harmful or helpful
> remains to be seen.
>
> My question is: Which is it? Advocacy or Academia?
>
> The sources I've read indicate advocacy, or at least a series of
> discussions and presentations limited to the subject of Open Source
> Software in Government. But I could be mistaken. Is anyone out there
> qualified to answer this? I think it would settle the matter once and
> for all and allow people to go ahead with their plans.
>
> - Dave
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