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Conflict of Interest Derails UK Government Open Source Consultation

Posted by Soulskill on from the starting-from-scratch dept.

judgecorp writes "The UK government's consultation about the use of open source in public sector IT has been sent back to square one, with discussion results scrapped because the facilitator, Andy Hopkirk, is involved with Microsoft. Hopkirk is well regarded, but the open source community feels the debate dismissed RF (royalty free) standards in favor of the FRAND definition, which is more favorable to proprietary vendors."

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  1. Re:Hopkirk by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Funny

    The actual following words were "is involved with Microsoft.".
    I guess it's not too far off.

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  2. Re:Respected, not ethical by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny

    He can't be that evil, he has a most impressive white beard.

    Bah, so did Saruman. Look how that turned out.

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