Michael Bishop wrote:
Daniel just sent me this link:
http://business.newsforge.com/business/05/01/27/2318248.shtml?tid=18&tid=138&tid=2&tid=132
/. pointed to this today
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145827,00.html
John Barlow, a lyricist for the Grateful Dead, told a gathering
inside a packed warehouse that poor nations can't solve their
problems unless they stop paying expensive software licensing
fees.
Open source software includes programs that are not controlled
by a single company. The software can be developed by anyone,
with few restrictions. The best known such software is the Linux
operating system, which can be downloaded free from the
Internet.
"Already, Brazil spends more in licensing fees on proprietary
software than it spends on hunger," said Barlow, co-founder of
the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a cyberspace civil liberties
group.
something quite similar was on page 2 (I think it was page 2) of the
Honolulu Star Bulletin yesterday.
NPR as a story on the switch:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4471963
"Bill Gates wants to meet with Brazil's president to discuss the change."
I'll bet.
Lessig has couple reports on the scene in Brazil:
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002411.shtml
http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/002400.shtml
