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Bill: Source code Act of 2457
Details
Submitted by[?]: 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2458
Description[?]:
| The DSP does not believe the current laws in regards to source code represent the good of the people and the nation. By allowing source code to be closed with no regulation what-so-ever, creativity is stifled and companies can more easily gain monopolies in the market. Therefore the DSP proposes that all closed source code be highly regulated and thusly open source be promoted. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government has no stance on the source code of software.
Current: The government does not require that all source be opened but heavilly regulates closed source software.
Proposed: The government does not require that all source be opened but heavilly regulates closed source software.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:31:02, September 20, 2007 CET | From | Plato's Republican Party | To | Debating the Source code Act of 2457 |
| Message | After a great deal of discussion, we in the PRP believe that by providing the incentive of non-Governmental regulation more companies will make their software open source. Open source software has many advantages over closed source, both to the company and the consumer, and so we feel that we should encourage this move towards open source. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 430 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 169 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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