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Bill: Red Dawn Agenda (xxiv) - Open Source Code Software
Details
Submitted by[?]: Red Hammer Council
Status[?]: defeated
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: August 2488
Description[?]:
| We want to remove software development from the private sector. This does not mean it no longer can be profitable for writers to develop (new) software. But the best way to stimulate creativity and improvement in software's source code is to require all source code to be open. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on the source code of software.
Old value:: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Current: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Proposed: The government requires that all source be opened.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:07:19, November 16, 2007 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Red Dawn Agenda (xxiv) - Open Source Code Software |
| Message | We'll oppose this measure. |
| Date | 20:35:23, November 16, 2007 CET | From | One Nation Socialist Party | To | Debating the Red Dawn Agenda (xxiv) - Open Source Code Software |
| Message | opposed |
| Date | 23:53:05, November 16, 2007 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Red Dawn Agenda (xxiv) - Open Source Code Software |
| Message | This will destroy the software industry by limiting their profit to come simply from services. It also infringes on personal rights. We oppose. |
| Date | 10:51:18, November 18, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Red Dawn Agenda (xxiv) - Open Source Code Software |
| Message | Oppose, for the reasons JUP said |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 65 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 434 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Periodically, it is a good idea to go through your nation's Treaties and arrange to withdraw from any that are unwanted. |
| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |