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Scaebolah: The Legal Answer to Personal Questions

September 18, 2005

Some creative law students have started a legal advice column answering personal questions with legal discourses.  I just read the answer to this question:

Dear Scaebolah,

My boyfriend is pressuring to have sex with him. I’m really in love with him but I’m not sure I’m ready for this. What shall I do?

- Juris Prudent

The answer is not what you expect.  Read on.

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Government’s FOSS Hesitation

The Inquirer reports that the Government is still considering its policy on free/open source software (FOSS).  To be more precise, government is trying to see if they should require all agencies to use free/open source software.  The INQ7 report said:

CICT Commissioner Emmanuel Lallana said that Philippine government should first develop its capability with open source software “before we mandate it.”

Lallana said a government project known as “PC ng Bayan” is currently offering the Bayanihan Linux operating system, an open source package developed by the Advance Science and Technology Institute, to government agencies.

“I personally believe that it’s not a viable alternative for us right now [to mandate open source software use in government]. For now, we will allow each agency to decide on this,” he added.

While I agree with Comm. Lallana’s concern that FOSS adoption may be jeopardized if the industry is unable or unwilling to provide adequate support for FOSS users, I disagree that this should be a barrier to having a government-wide FOSS policy. (more…)

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