Hi,<br><br>Another interesting link on this topic: <br><br><h1><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Call for Opensource Government:</span></font><br></h1><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7841486.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7841486.stm</a><br>
<br><br>Sreejith<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fsf-friends-request@mm.gnu.org.in">fsf-friends-request@mm.gnu.org.in</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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1. US President thinking of mandating "Open Source" (V. Sasi Kumar)<br>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:27:25 +0530<br>
From: "V. Sasi Kumar" <<a href="mailto:sasi.fsf@gmail.com">sasi.fsf@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [Fsf-friends] US President thinking of mandating "Open<br>
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Obama exploring option of mandating "Open Source" software in<br>
government, says this story: <a href="http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4297" target="_blank">http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4297</a><br>
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Seems interesting. When will we have a Prime Minister who understands<br>
the benefits of Free Software? Hope Obama really decides to mandate Free<br>
Software in government. We can then use the story to campaign in our<br>
country. Wish Obama understood the philosophy of the Free Software<br>
movement and mandated Open Access and Creative Commons licencing for<br>
material generated using public funds too.<br>
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Best<br>
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V. Sasi Kumar<br>
Free Software Foundation of India<br>
<a href="http://swatantryam.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://swatantryam.blogspot.com</a><br>
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