> I believe that software which is used by the government, which the government > compells citizens to use (EG for communicating with government agencies), or > which is needed to interpret data published by the government (IE for reading > anything from abs.gov.au) should at the minimum have the source available via > escrow. If in 30 years time someone wants to view old government data that is > published in MS-Excel format (as happens a lot on abs.gov.au) then we > shouldn't be denied access if MS stop selling the software.
Yes, I absolutely agree with all of that. I was talking about individuals' right to choose proprietary software, and companies' right to produce it, not about governments which serve people. _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
