Interview with Dr. Villanueva

cigarky writes "I think many of us were very impressed by the recent letter of Peruvian Congressman Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez. Linux Today has a followup interview with more in-depth information."

Comments

Re:PERU 0WNZ

[xtremex]

Too bad Peru is a third world country. If it's such a great country, how come half the population of Peru lives in my neighborhood?

Re:Fear in Redmond

[sheldon]

Are you sure the effect isn't the reverse of your perception?

I haven't seen any increase in the anti-OSS trolling, and I'm one of the main trolls. Instead I'd have to say I've seen an increase in the anti-Commercial trolling by far.

But let me get this clear. You seem to be saying that if this law in Peru ends up killing the IT landscape of that nation, it's not the laws fault, but rather the fault of certain companies using dubious methods?

I'm personally of the belief that it is simply anti-US legislation, sort of a polite way of creating a barrier to trade encapsulated in an intellectual argument. Sometimes a poor developing nation creating a barrier to trade can be a good thing. Look at Japan as an example of this.

Thus it confounds me to see people proclaiming a trade barrier as some sort of victory for open source.

Re:Interesting background, little interview

[xtremex]

I have a Linguistics degree. How does what your Niger-Congo or Kordofanian professor said have any relevance? The US University system has been implanting hippie communist ideals into our youth for 2 decades.I never said that individuals from Africa have not contributed. I just said that the Sub-Saharan portion of Africa have not contributed anything to mankind in the past 500-1000 years. I see that you didn't disagree with me.