[pp.int.general] [Slashdot] EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open"

[Nicolas Sahlqvist]

And it's not the 1st of April today so we can not just laugh at it why I CC
it to tratten for feedback and action.

The leaked version 2 can be found here:
http://www.bigwobber.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/European-Interoperability-Framework-for-European-Public-Services-draft.pdf

However, except the few EU MEP on our side what can PP's do, some press
releases may help.


- Nicolas
  PPI / PPSE member


On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Eduardo Robles Elvira <edulix at gmail.com>wrote:

> "A leaked copy (PDF) of Version 2 of the European Interoperability
> Framework replaces a requirement in Version 1 for carefully-defined
> open standards by one for a more general 'openness': 'the willingness
> of persons, organizations or other members of a community of interest
> to share knowledge and to stimulate debate within that community of
> interest.' It also defines an 'openness continuum' that includes
> 'non-documented, proprietary specifications, proprietary software and
> the reluctance or resistance to reuse solutions, i.e. the "not
> invented here" syndrome.' Looks like 'closed' is the new 'open' in the
> EU."
>
>
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/017259/EU-Wants-To-Redefine-Closed-As-Nearly-Open?from=rss
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