[governance] EU Wants To Redefine "Closed" As "Nearly Open"

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Seems to follow on with ICANN's approach and/or difinition
of same!  >:(

  This diatribe is interesting, shameful, and logically unsound
of course, yet provides for some insight as to how all of us
can continue to expect the EU to relate to the worlds public
at large.  Very disappointing...

See:
"A [0]leaked copy (PDF) of Version 2 of the European
Interoperability Framework replaces a requirement in Version 1 for
carefully-defined open standards by one for [1]a more general 'openness':
'the willingness of persons, organizations or other members of a
community of interest to share knowledge and to stimulate debate within
that community of interest.' It also defines an 'openness continuum' that
includes 'non-documented, proprietary specifications, proprietary
software and the reluctance or resistance to reuse solutions, i.e. the
"not invented here" syndrome.' Looks like 'closed' is the new 'open' in
the EU."

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Links:
    0. http://www.bigwobber.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/European-Interoperability-Framework-for-European-Public-Services-draft.pdf
    1. http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2620&blogid=14



Regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
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