[pp.int.general] Towards a secure eDemocracy platform based on Web service standards

[Dario]

2012/7/16 Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>

>     Meanwhile, there are middleground options:
>     http://www.wombat-voting.com/ I like to show this because I think it
> has
>     some advantages from both options and it is "easy" to replicate in an
> open
>     source way (which is the only thing I miss from Wombat).
>
> It is not feasible for me to browse a web site, so I can't tell what
> this package does.


Sorry, I forgot it. Later I will send you a summary.


> However, if the job is a crucial part of counting
> votes, and they can't be recounted manually afterward, it is not
> acceptable for state election.
>
>
It is recounted manually and electronic, also being verifiable that the
vote has beed counted.


> I never advocated open source; libre software is a different idea.
> (See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html.)
> But even if the program is free/libre, that wouldn't make it ok
> to depend on in an election.  Elections are a special case.
>
>
Sorry again, I meant free software, not open source ;)

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Dario Castañé
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