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[LUG] Whitehouse.gov released drupal module code..

 


Makes a nice change, I guess..

/. story here:

  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/04/23/132257

with an intersting comment by Maxwell Cooter @

  
http://blogs.techworld.com/the-blue-screen/2010/04/freeing-up-code---tale-of-two-cities/?cmpid=TD1B1&no1x1

  "Open source is treated as something akin to devil-worshipping in some
  parts of government. So, the idea that a major project in the government
  backyard would be based on something as basic as Drupal is pretty
  far-fetched. No, this side of the Atlantic would have involved a
  closed-tender process; a decision made by closed doors based on
  proprietary software and we'd be completely in the dark about costs,
  about delays, and about functionality."

Maybe there's hope for us yet...

Gordon

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