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EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open"

Posted by kdawson on from the double-plus-ungood dept.

Glyn Moody writes "A leaked copy (PDF) of Version 2 of the European Interoperability Framework replaces a requirement in Version 1 for carefully-defined open standards by one for a more general 'openness': 'the willingness of persons, organizations or other members of a community of interest to share knowledge and to stimulate debate within that community of interest.' It also defines an 'openness continuum' that includes 'non-documented, proprietary specifications, proprietary software and the reluctance or resistance to reuse solutions, i.e. the "not invented here" syndrome.' Looks like 'closed' is the new 'open' in the EU."

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

    first

  2. THOSE GODDAMN MOTHER FUCKERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AAAAAAH! Fuck! How dare those...those horsesock-sucking chest-shitters!

  3. Re:Well, actually ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ha ha ha!

    Suck it, Europe! What with Canada trying to lock down their Intarweb, France and its three strikes law, and England with it's totalitarian mommy state, the unbelievable has come to pass:

    The U.S. has the freest internet access in the WHOLE WOILD!

    USA! FUCK YEAH!

  4. FAILZORS. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Host what the hoIuse To it5 laid-back

  5. Re:Well, actually ... by dcarmi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The USA is the only country in the world.

    Everything else is just a proxy state.

    It just your turn for now. The "only country in the world" event passes to China very soon.