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Public Procurement and Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the examining-the-future dept.

Steve writes "Open code in public procurement is an interesting take on free software and open source software in a federal or state environment. Pawlo: 'It is time that public bodies and governments look over their public procurement policies. The policy should guarantee competition, not stifle it.' Thinking of the latest Bill Gates rant this make sense."

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  1. Why push the GPL? by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Of all things, why this here? If my company wrote something that would be sold to a government agency (say, our lovely Michigan) the *last* thing I'd want to do is GPL it, because there's another potential 49 states that could use the same software. If it's GPL'd, there'd be nothing to stop Michigan from reselling it to the other 49 states, cutting us out.

    Does everyone's brain turn off the moment the letters GPL are typed together?

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