[HN Gopher] Proposed bill in New Hampshire would enshrine free s...
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       Proposed bill in New Hampshire would enshrine free software into
       law
        
       Author : nixass
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2022-01-08 22:21 UTC (38 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (libreboot.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (libreboot.org)
        
       | radley wrote:
       | _> OUR ENEMIES WILL BE THERE_
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       |  _> Proprietary software companies are evil, and must be opposed.
       | They know that if this bill passes, their days are numbered._
       | 
       | Doesn't seem to be very objective.
        
       | w_t_payne wrote:
       | Maybe 'Liberty Software' would be a better brand?
        
       | userbinator wrote:
       | The state whose official slogan is "Live Free Or Die". I'm not
       | surprised.
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       |  _Bans state agencies from using proprietary software - maybe
       | this could include schools, in the future!_
       | 
       |  _Bans state agencies from purchasing non-free software if free
       | software exists, for a given task_
       | 
       | ...that might be going a bit _too_ far, however.
        
         | ghoward wrote:
         | I agree that that might be too far, but the one aspect of being
         | able to audit the source code in a criminal trial makes me want
         | this bill to pass despite that flaw. That is such a big win for
         | justice!
        
         | tyingq wrote:
         | Looking at the bill itself[1], I don't think the short sentence
         | summary is correct. I think the summary might actually hurt the
         | bill, rather than help it.
         | 
         | What I'm seeing is things like:
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         |  _" No person in the state of New Hampshire shall be required
         | to use proprietary software for any interaction with the
         | government,..."_
         | 
         | I don't see anything that would, for example, ban Microsoft
         | Word, unless it somehow became mandatory for a NH citizen to
         | have to own it to interact with the state.
         | 
         | https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billT...
        
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