Friday, November 17, 2006

Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Act of 2006

A bill, sponsored by Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casino entitled
"PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (FOSS) IN THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING RA 3019 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES”, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
can be found here

I have not yet read the bill, will try to read it tonight but the explanatory note is interesting :), the first line borrows liberally from Marx
"A spectre is haunting the global software giants – the spectre of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS)."

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