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Bill: Open/Closed Source Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Centrist Party
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 2549
Description[?]:
| As the government hasn't taken a stance in this question, we might aswell allow both. |
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 allows both open and closed source software.
Proposed: The government allows both open and closed source software.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:33:38, March 20, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Open/Closed Source Bill |
| Message | We don't understand this. Can we have a discussion on it before we cast a vote? |
| Date | 20:34:03, March 20, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Open/Closed Source Bill |
| Message | We'll vote no until we hear a discussion. Nothing personal DCP. |
| Date | 20:47:15, March 20, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Centrist Party | To | Debating the Open/Closed Source Bill |
| Message | Well, one of the reasons behind this is that we feel that developers of software should be able to secure their work by using a closed source code, to avoid the risk of having the program changed by someone else and redistributed. Therefore we think both methods should be allowed. |
| Date | 20:56:03, March 20, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Open/Closed Source Bill |
| Message | Good enough. : ) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 320 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 285 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 145 |
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