Support the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Bill

[tame]

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Old news na man cguro ni nga link from DSWD Bicol, pero, even without the FOSS bill being approved yet, some well-meaning Pinoys in government are already trying to introduce Linux -- in their own small [sneaky] way ...

[MelodyMan]

i heard NEDA 7 is using open source.

[ix_888]

up for this thread, let's spread the word . . .

[mannyamador]

DOST 7 has been using open source software for quite a while now. Back in 2005, many of their servers were running on BSD.

It's great that Sun will be supporting the bill. We need all the help we can get!

[dontknowmewho]

abi naku ako ra mo gamit open source hehehehe - maynalang naa naka huna-huna ani hehehehe

[james_chaw]

Support the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Bill

The Free/Open Source Software Act of 2006 (aka FOSS Bill) filed by Teodoro Casino (Bayan Muna) promotes open source, and that is beneficial to the government and eventually to Filipinos in general. The benefits of FOSS are quite well known, and if the govefrnment uses it, it will save millions in licensing fees, upgrade costs, and maintenance.

Here's a link tot he text of the FOSS Bill (HB 5769)
Bayan Muna Home Page

The current software acquisition environment for the government is NOT a level playing field. Proprietary vendors are able to leverage the current dominance of proprietary platforms to sell even more proprietary software. They also encourage fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about FOSS by claiming FOSS will either not be able to match proprietary software features, or by exaggerating the effort required to move to FOSS. The ignorance of many in government about FOSS also plays into the greedy hands of these FUD-mongering proprietary software peddlers.

The bottom line is that FOSS needs a little help, and that is what this bill does.

The bill mandates a preference for software that gives certain freedoms to users and developers (this is the result of the different FOSS licenses). It does not favor any technology, platform, vendor, or any source of software. It does favor the FREEDOMS given by the FOSS licenses, and there's no reason why this should not be the case. The freedoms granted by a software license is just as good a criterion for evaluating software as any other.

The Philippines stands to benefit from the FOSS bill. Congress should pass it ASAP!!!

Say this bill does get approved, how would one account to maintain or service the millions who would,presumably, use FOSS when FOSS can be modified and so many ways. Codes can vary and vary and help desks would be unable to help if the system is different from the default version. there is no centralized system of customizing and approving the usability of the different versions of the codes. hence,you need a centralized system to document all the various modifications so as to help all those people who would use FOSS

[pinoyapache]

I am for open source...and I have been using un-Gates-ful software for quite a while.

[nirdle_phogi]

Go go open source! hehe..

SourceForge.net: Open Source Software

[bugzbunny]

what games normally runs on Open source... can someone give me an idea.. i would like to try it on my laptop...

thank you.

[turbomark]

urban terror, savage2 and many more....
OSload - open source software downloads & links - PC Games