New Bill Proposes Open Source Requirement for Publicly Funded Books

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 1, 2009 @06:08AM from the return-to-the-commonwealth dept.

fsufitch writes "On September 30th, the 'Open College Textbook Act of 2009' was introduced to the Senate and referred to committee. The bill proposes that all educational materials published or produced using federal funds need to be published under open licenses. The reasoning behind it takes into account the changing way information is distributed because of the Internet, the high price of college and textbooks, and the dangerously low college graduation rates in the US. Will a bill such as this endanger publishing companies in the same way Internet journalism endangers traditional journalism?"

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Re:Yep by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-01 06:25 · Score: -1, Troll

Just what we need...a bunch of easily hackable books and government applications. Open source means HACKABLE people. Wise up to the word for God's sake! Who do you think developed the open source concept? That's right...HACKERS. Dirty, no good HACKERS. It's deplorable that this is even being discussed. Everything we love and care about is at stake.
Re:Seems fair to me. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-01 06:56 · Score: -1, Troll

geekoid did my ass last night, bitch!