Re: [Fsfe-uk] UK Govt. OSS Policy v2

[graham]

Hi Alex

Alex Hudson wrote:

> Hi guys.
>
> Many of you will be familiar with the UK Government policy on the use of
> "open source" software. Version 1 is published here:
>
> http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/policydocs/consult_subject_document.asp?docnum=780
>
> Earlier this year there was a round of discussions about the next
> version of this policy, and there is now a redraft of the proposed
> version 2. This is open for comments until 17th September, which gives
> us all plenty of time to respond. There are some interesting new
> features of this policy, but I'm not sure how much I can say about it -
> I've been told we cannot redistribute the redraft.
>
> If you want to get hold of this new redraft, please e-mail me personally
> and I will tell you what to do and who to contact.
>  

I'm having trouble decoding this: I'm reading it as:
a) the new draft is open for comments  till Sep 17
b) the contents of the new draft is not available to the general public
c) to get hold of the document you have to find someone (yourself ;-) 
who knows the
right people, and then ask very nicely. But they can only get you a copy 
by breaking the
rule which says redistribution is not allowed.

This surely can't be counted as a 'public consultation'? Or am I 
misreading your mail?

Cheers
Graham





> Cheers,
>
> Alex.
>
>
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