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EU Wants to Re-define “Closed” as “Nearly Open”

[ Thanks to Glyn
Moody
for this link. ]

“Here is what the leaked Version 2 has to say on open
standards and open source: nothing.

“Instead, it has this incredible section on
“Openness”:

“”Within the context of the EIF, openness is the willingness of
persons, organisations or other members of a community of interest
to share knowledge and to stimulate debate within that community of
interest, having as ultimate goal the advancement of knowledge and
the use thereof to solve relevant problems. In that sense, openness
leads to considerable gains in efficiency.”


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