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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Trump and software freedom
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John Rooke |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Trump and software freedom |
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Sun, 16 Sep 2018 17:40:50 +0100 |
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Hi Rashid,
On 15/09/18 11:41, Rashid Mhar wrote:
I can't find and understand the relevant lines on
government procurement regulation
The key provision is:
“limit governments’ ability to require disclosure of proprietary
computer source code and algorithms, to better protect the
competitiveness of digital suppliers”
Once the corporate lawyers get hold of this, it will mean that if an
agency chooses free software on the grounds that they will get access to
the source code, they will risk being sued for discrimination by
proprietary competitors.
John
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