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Free Software for Politics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unintended-consequences dept.

kevin lyda writes "The Howard Dean campaign is releasing software for web-based communities under the GNU GPL. The project apparently is based on drupal. See here for more info, and here for the software. Regardless if you're for Dean, against Dean, or you're not an American, it's great to see an American politician on the national level using and promoting free software. I wonder if RMS thought he'd see a U.S. presidential candidate releasing stuff under the GPL when he founded GNU 20 years ago!"

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  1. Payback by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So this is Dean's payback to the Blog community for supporting him all this time?

    Come on Howard... we were looking for some cash in government bennies, not something from sourceforge....

    Politicians: The ultimate Vaporware....

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  2. Re:Dean really needs to appear in Interviews on /. by Pave+Low · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    What good does an interview on Slashdot do? It seems to me that he already has the vote (those that can) of most slashbots.

    The bulk of this crowd is representative of the core of his support: upper-middle class, white, educated, young angry Bush Haters. An interview here will just be preaching to the choir, tossing softball questions to be moderated up, and be a general circle-jerk.

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  3. Hey... by TexVex · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "American" should be capitalized, you insensitive clod!

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  4. Re:Impressive: by AppyPappy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Dean and Clark

    BAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Clark would bounce him down a flight of steps to take his place.

    Dean's a policy wonk and Clark doesn't know an amendment from a basketball. Clark isn't going to take orders from a sawbones. Match made in Hell.

    Dean and Hillary. And they'd lose.

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