[HN Gopher] Proposed bill in New Hampshire would enshrine free s... ___________________________________________________________________ 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_ | | _> 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. | | _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: | | _" 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... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-08 23:00 UTC)