Re: Question for list

Hi,
Is anyone on this forum connected to Lawrence Lessig? (quoted in the article
about Obama above).
Has he been approached about the OVC work and so on? He seems like a
natural ally and supporter for us.

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On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Brent Turner <brent@trealestate.net>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if Senator Obama has given a public nod towards open
> > source- ?  if so, please provide a link-
>
> Nothing specific from Google.
>
> http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/
>
> Open Source is not mentioned by name. The agenda is generally toward
> openness and transparency, including net neutrality and open
> government. But we will have many opportunities to raise the issue.
>
> "Making government data available online in universally accessible formats"
>
> "tapping into the vast and distributed expertise of the American
> citizenry to help government make more informed decisions."
>
> "requiring his Cabinet officials to have periodic national online town
> hall meetings to answer questions and discuss issues before their
> agencies."
>
> "Obama will appoint the nation's first Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
> to ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right
> infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century. The CTO
> will ensure the safety of our networks and will lead an interagency
> effort, working with chief technology and chief information officers
> of each of the federal agencies, to ensure that they use best-in-class
> technologies and share best practices."
>
> "The CTO will have a specific focus on transparency, by ensuring that
> each arm of the federal government makes its records open and
> accessible as the E-Government Act requires. The CTO will also focus
> on using new technologies to solicit and receive information back from
> citizens to improve the functioning of democratic government."
>
> "the government's economic policy-making organizations and councils
> will include individuals with backgrounds in our technology industry."
>
> "Obama will make the Veterans Health Administration, the nation's
> largest integrated health system, a model in the use of technology to
> modernize and improve health care delivery." This system has been
> GPLed as OpenVistA. I know some of the people working on that project
> on the Hardhats mailing list.
>
> "Upgrade Education to Meet the Needs of the 21st Century" He may not
> know it yet, but that would be One Laptop Per Child's GPLed Sugar
> software and projects in the pipeline for Free Textbooks and other
> CC-licensed materials.
>
> "Ensure Competitive Markets...As president, Obama will reinvigorate
> antitrust enforcement" Microsoft?
>
> Then there is this unofficial statement in a discussion group:
>
>
> http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/GPLSourceCodeandMediaRightsforDevelopers
>
> by i.am4barack.obama@gmail.com
>
> We can join in and make our own arguments for FOSS in government.
>
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Brent Turner
> >
> >
> >
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