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Interview with Dr. Villanueva

Posted by michael on from the too-bright-to-be-in-government dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Fear in Redmond by sheldon · · Score: 1, Troll

    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.