Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:57:03 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@internationalschool.co.uk> To: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free software and politics (Forwarded from lucio@proxima.alt.za) Message-ID: <35B75D4F.A7E78418@internationalschool.co.uk> References: <19980723164312.C21310@cityip.co.za>
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on a (slightly :-) related subject from a mailing list I sometimes read: ========= 1. On 7 July ,the Malaysian Ministry for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs will start action against 20 companies for unlicensed use of software. These major users include banks, insurance, finance and securities companies, architect and engineering firms. Company owners face jail and sentences up to 5 years and heavy fines if convicted of unauthorized use of software. Malaysia set 10 May as a deadline for legalizing all software use, after a one month awareness raising campaign. High profile action by the ministry's Enforcement Division aims to reassure IT companies of Malaysia's determination to act as a responsible mass-user of IT in all sectors. 2. In an associated move, the Ministry of Education has established a loan fund for teachers to purchase PCs. Besides its "smart schools" initiative (which applies to 90 trial schools),the Minister has stated that all Malaysian schools should draw up a strategic plan for the introduction of IT into school management and into the classroom. The Deputy Minister has recently encouraged companies to donate replaced equipment to educational institutions, since older generation equipment is still adequate for educational purposes. ========= might be a good place for some advocacy.. I was quite amused about the 'open source town meeting' messages - why are they donating to FSF, when FSF's web pages make such a point of distinguishing between open source and free software? :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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