OSCON 2009: Governments and open source

Courtesy Linux Today  Sat, 08/08/2009 - 21:03

LWN.net: "Some government entities put up fierce resistance to free software because they do not want to run afoul of ethics laws that prohibit them from accepting gifts — if free software has value, then government officials are not allowed to receive the code without paying for it."

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