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'Infectious' Open Source Software?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spreading-the-infection dept.

Gavo writes "Law firm Chapmann Tripp advises New Zealand State Services Commission that the New Zealand Government should be wary of using 'infectious' open source software. They claim 'While the use of open source software has many benefits, it brings with it a number of legal risks not posed by proprietary or commercial software.'"

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  1. BEWARE!!!!! by mangus_angus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SCO has moved over seas and is believed to be setting up shop in another country....

  2. This is a result of a NZ goverment funded study by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I remember back in high school. There was this cute girl from the wrong part of town. She lived alone with her alcoholic dad because her mom just couldn't take it anymore and left them both. She didn't get to graduate, unfortunately. She ended up staying at home to take care of him as he slowly drank himself away. It's funny, I never thought we'd end up together, but she had these huge aspirations to move to the city and live like kings.

    So she went and got a job at the Circle K while I tried to stay in school and graduate. Build a better future together and all that. After graduation, we got in my car and drove across the border to the city. A small place we found downtown worked out great, but I wasn't having any luck finding a job. Eventually the money ran out and we were forced to move to a shelter (which was worse than I had imagined). She worked late at the supermarket as the checkout girl, but I didn't seem to be going anywhere. The more I thought about it, the worse my drinking got.

    It got to the point where I wasn't even spending much time at home. I was always at the bar drinking with my buddies. Never got to see my kids. But that girl had dreams. Unfortunately they didn't include me.

    It's like how OSS works great for some things, but you can't just settle into a routine or you're bound to get complacent and lose all the great benefits of the technology.

  3. So what? by SwashbucklingCowboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The statement is true. It's also OLD NEWS.

    Why was this posted? It's just flame bait...

  4. Re:Why so much out of New Zealand and Australia? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You may be suck ups but kiwis are not just ask the US NAVY

  5. Re:Between The Lines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    New Zealand: 4 million people, 60 million sheep. (Yes, real sheep.)