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Open Source in Oregon

Posted by michael on from the smoke-filled-room dept.

Anonymous writes "MWVLUG's coordinator, Cooper Stevenson, has asked Linux Today to post this detailed history of events surrounding the battle to get open source software legislation enacted in the Beaver State in an effort to raise public awareness for the campaign."

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  1. Re:first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well this eurotrash in the UK is still chuckling at the term "beaver state"!

  2. Re:Justifying costs isn't strange, is it? by gusilu · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's so srtange about having to justify paying for something, it being software or something else?

    Well, nobody pays for their M$ software anymore, everyone has a friend who has a friend who can burn him/her the latest Windows/Office/etc; I guess it is no longer considered normal to pay sw licences where applicable. Oh, wait, nevermind, that's not legal...

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  3. Re:first post by in7ane · · Score: 2, Funny

    Freedom of speech?

    Parody?

    Humorous (note) criticism of the government?

    Oh, I forget, you live in the US... that's not allowed anymore :P

  4. Re:A day in the life of by ultrabot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just to pick a medical nit, however, he did misspell his medication... it's Vicodin, not "Vicaden" (changing a letter or two in a medication name could cause a medication error)

    Yet another peace of ammunition for anti-open source lobbyists - OSS supporters are junkies.

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