[dundee] Digital freedom debate

[gordon dunlop]

On 5 August 2010 12:17, Holford-Lovell, Donna <
d.holford-lovell at abertay.ac.uk> wrote:

>  HI
>
> The open source debate for NEoN has definitely now become the digital
> freedom debate. I have Tim Dobson on board who is the co-founder of Digital
> Freedom in Education & Youth, I am trying to get someone from the Open
> Rights Group. The following expressed an interest in the original idea –
> would this still be the case?
> Robert Ladyman, File-Away Limited
> Gordon Dunlop, Taylug Administrator
> Gary Short, Developer Express (if available)
>
>  I am still interested



> Anyone else interested in being on the ‘knowledgeable panel’? Does anyone
> know any legal types who could speak? Any women? The debate is scheduled for
> the Tue 26 Oct 2010, 6pm – 8pm, @ GeneratorProjects
>
> Specifics within the topic are still open for suggestions
>
>   One area of digital freedom you may wish to consider and is pertinent to
Government, Education, Public Departments  and members of the public is the
subject of using open source and open format in electronic documentation.
This is where the avoidance of reliance on proprietary vendors prevents lock
in, greater interoperability throughout with accessibility by the public
without buying special software, also to ensure that legacy documents can be
opened and read in the future e.g. in 30 years time. Recently the Indonesia
Government migrated their agencies to open source and will be transferring
all Government documentation to the open document format.

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This article uses Google Translator, pardon any minor grammer issues.

Gordon





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> Donna
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