eWeek: Open Source Movement Gets a Lobby | Linux Today

eWeek: Open Source Movement Gets a Lobby

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 14, 2005

“The open source software industry gained a new government lobby
Friday with the launch of the National Center for Open Source
Policy and Research, introduced during a presentation at the
Government Open Source Conference in Portland, Ore.

“The National Center is a non-profit organization promoting the
use of open source software solutions within government IT
enterprises. NCOSPR will accomplish this, founder and administrator
John Weathersby said, by serving as a facilitator and administrator
of projects involving government agencies and the open source
community…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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