On 10/4/06, Mura Mucha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rep. Reyes replied in the affirmative. She also affirmed that open-source operating systems con-tained in discs that are clearly non-copyrighted sources of data and information are EXCLUDED from the jurisdiction of the OMB. Thus, she pointed out that if the OMB were to raid business establishments containing these discs, it would have to make a dis-tinction between discs that contain software or data covered by copyright laws and discs from open-source operating systems."
http://www.congress.gov.ph/legis/print_journal.php?congress=13&id=30
It is clearly there that she affirms that OMB does not have jurisdiction with disc that contains open-source operating systems or softwares?.
There is still no distinction since OSS software *is* covered by copyright law... :-)
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