[wilhelmtux-discussion] FC: Bush administration's position on open-source seems... flexible (fwd)

Manfred Morgner manfred.morgner at gmx.net
Sam Feb 1 21:43:37 CET 2003


Hallo Daniel,

TCPA und Freie Software (witziger Weise ging es scheinbar gar nicht um freie 
Software, sondern nur um Open Source) passen nicht zusammen. TCP [Trusted 
Computing Platform = die US-Regierung traut Dir und Deinem PC] bedeutet, dass 
die Regierung der USA bestimmen kann, welcher Computer auf der Welt angeht 
und von wann bis wann.

Ein einziger Knopfdruck genügt, um beispielsweise alle TCP-PC's in 
Deutschland auszuschalten, wenn Herr Schröder nochmal Kritik an der US-Politk 
wagen sollte. Oder erstmal das Licht im Kanzleramt ausschalten? Mit 
TCP-Computern alles kein Thema mehr. Mit Freier Software würde das nicht mehr 
so einfach funktioneren. Also muss die US-Regierung gegen Freie Software 
sein, scheinbar sogar gegen Open Source.

Info: www.againsttcp.com

Viele Grüsse,
Manfred.


Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2003 22.27 schrieb Daniel Boos:
> Betrifft Wilhelmtux zwar nur indirekt. Es ist aber interessant zu sehen
> was an anderen Orten passiert und zudem wo ein Lobbying gegen OSS
> betrieben wird. Bedenklich...
>
> Gruss
> Daniel Boos
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:20:34 -0500
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
> To: politech at politechbot.com
> Subject: FC: Bush administration's position on open-source seems...
> flexible
>
>
> ---
>
> Subject: US Officially Opposing Open Source Internationally?
> From: Steve Withers <swithers at mmp.org.nz>
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10)
> Date: 28 Jan 2003 13:27:53 +1300
>
> Declan
>
> I have not seen this in notes from Politech....and thought you might
> find it interesting.
>
> The question I have is: Since when is the US Government OFFICIALLY
> opposed to the use and development of Open Source software around the
> world? Millions of Americans use it and the idea of Open Source started
> in the US.
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/15/030115hnwsisos_1.html
>
> The US was the only country attending the Tokyo conference to demand
> this change from "support" of Open Source to the alternative presented
> below.
>
> Extract (partial):
>
> TOKYO -- A three-day meeting that brought together Asian governments,
> organizations, companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) ended
> Wednesday morning with the approval of a declaration that, among other
> things, calls for encouraging the development of open-source software. A
> draft of the declaration had called for open source to be "supported"
> but was changed after objections from the U.S. government delegation
> late Tuesday night.
>
>   The U.S. opposition was largely perceived to be support for its
> domestic software companies and in particular Microsoft, said officials
> from other governments on the sidelines of the conference on Wednesday.
> After a short debate with a number of countries, including Pakistan,
> that wanted the original language to remain, all sides finally reached
> agreement and the declaration was changed to read: "Development and
> deployment of open-source software should be encouraged, as appropriate,
> as should open standards for ICT (information and communications
> technology) networking."
>
> .....................