WSIS delegates fail to agree on open-source 'support'

Subject: [bytesforall_readers] WSIS delegates fail to agree on open-source 'support'
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:39:46 +0530 (IST)
From: FN <fred@bytesforall.org>
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Thanks to Raj Mathur <raju@linux-delhi.org> for the initial posting. FN

WSIS delegates fail to agree on open-source 'support'
Draft was changed after objections by U.S.

By Martyn Williams January 15, 2003

TOKYO -- A three-day meeting that brought together Asian governments,
organizations, companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
ended Wednesday morning with the approval of a declaration that, among
other things, calls for encouraging the development of open-source
software. A draft of the declaration had called for open source to be
"supported" but was changed after objections from the U.S. government
delegation late Tuesday night.

Full story at:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/01/15/030115hnwsisos_1.html

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