[Linux-bruxelles] venezuela <= contexte

[eric Hanuise]

pour replacer en contexte, mes commentaires etaient plus suite aux articles 
qu'au message sur le ML.
(j'aurais bien collé but they are in english :p)

Donc, references de l'article :

O'Reilly questions free-SW regs
http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/26752.html

et en sous reference l'article de tim oreilly sur le sujet :
The Growing Politicization of Open Source
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1840


la ou je suis 100% d'accord avec lui c'est quand il ecrit :

>Yes, it does bother me. When I first heard of the proposed legislation in 
>Peru, I thought it was great theater, and that the open source advocates 
>in Peru clearly made some telling points about its benefits. But the more 
>I think about it, the more you I realize that having governments specify 
>software licensing policies is a bad idea. My correspondent crystallized 
>my feelings on the matter, and made me realize that support for such 
>legislation was a violation of what I have previously called "my version 
>of Freedom zero". I think he's right. This is a slippery slope, and a 
>really dangerous idea, which thoughtful free software and open source 
>advocates ought to reject.
>
>As T.S. Eliot said in Murder in the Cathedral: "This last temptation is 
>the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason." No one 
>should be forced to choose open source, any more than they should be 
>forced to choose proprietary software. And any victory for open source 
>achieved through deprivation of the user's right to choose would indeed be 
>a betrayal of the principles that free software and open source have stood 
>for.



le thread slashdot suivant s'en est suivi :

Tim O'Reilly Bashes Open Source Efforts in Govt
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/16/1621244.shtml?tid=99

a lire aussi l'article de news.com sur la loi californienne imosant 
l'"open-source only"

Open source's new weapon: The law?
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949241.html