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Lobbyists Urge South Australia To Drop Open Source Bill

Posted by timothy on from the commonwealth-means-what-again dept.

Red Wolf writes "The Age reports that South Australia has caused eyebrows at the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) to be raised in concern, with the organisation writing to Premier Mike Rann over a proposed Open Source software bill. The ISC, by its own definition, is a "global coalition of large and small companies committed to advancing the concept that multiple competing software markets should be allowed to develop and flourish unimpeded by government preference or mandate"."

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  1. FP FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP!!

  2. Suggestion by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Either a) Get new lawyers. b) Stop trolling.

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  3. Re:The GPL: Intellectual Property or Intellectual by Penguuu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers advised us that any products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to
    its source code released. This was simply unacceptable.

    Where did you hire your lawyers? :)

    You just have to release source, if you use existing
    source and modify it, but if you just use GNU-tools, you don't have to release the source.

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  4. Re:The GPL: Intellectual Property or Intellectual by pe1rxq · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Please don't feed the trolls.....

    It has the same old nonsense:
    -We have to do all the work for the rest of the world to leach
    -Compiling with GCC makes program GPLed
    -GPL is keeping linux back

    Jeroen

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  5. Yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I come from South Australia and I am embarassed that there have only been 4 comments on this article. Get some priorities, it has been 10 minutes without so much as a proper first post.

    1. Re:Yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ok then -- *ahem*.... ASUIES SUX()R5!!11 FP BITCHES!!!

  6. Re:The GPL: Intellectual Property or Intellectual by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GPL Stands for "The Great Peoples Licence". Get it right you capitolist pig.

  7. MOD PARENT +1 FUNNY!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dat shit is hilarious. woot!

  8. Re:I wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent down!!!!!

  9. South Australia! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    [D] South Australia [A] round Cape [D] Horn
    And we're bound for [A] South [D] Australia
    [G] Haul away you [D] rolling king
    [G] Heave [D] away! [G] Haul [D] away!
    [G] All the way you'll [D] hear me sing
    And we're bound for [A] South [D] Australia

    As I wlaked out one morning fair
    Heave away! Haul away!
    It's there I met Miss Nancy Blair
    And we're bound for South Australia

    There ain't but one thing grieves my mind
    Heave away! Haul away!
    It's to leave Miss Nancy Blair behind
    And we're bound for South Australia

    I run her all night I run her all day
    Heave away! Haul away!
    Run her before we sailed away
    And we're bound for South Australia

    I shook her up I shook her down
    Heave away! Haul away!
    I shook her round and round and round
    And we're bound for South Australia

    And as you wollop round Cape Horn
    Heave away! Haul away!
    You'll wish that you had never been born
    And we're bound for South Australia