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

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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Just add it to...

[ChangeOnInstall]

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

PS: The Slashdot lameness filter needs to be sent to the ministry of love.

Re:Cut out the "Idiocracy" tag, guys.

[Xest]

"Who are the idiots who keep tagging everything idiocracy?"

Ironically, probably the people Slashdot's idiocracy is comprised of.

Re:They don't say what you accuse them of saying

[gsslay]

Do you not see that by distorting their words to advance your own agenda, and attributing to them malicious intent without any basis in fact, you undermine the very cause which you pretend to champion?

This is slashdot. People submit stories for many reasons, but high in the list for many is a desire to create a stir and draw attention. So the very cause being championed here is "Look at me! Outrage! Look at me! Horror!"

Accuracy, fairness and the cause of the greater good don't get much of a look in after that.

Re:Well, actually ...

[ThaReetLad]

I wish I had some mod points right now. Excellent stuff.