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A Walled Wide Web for Nervous Autocrats

Posted in foss, igf, internet, Internet governance ., internet security, News, Open Source | Posted on: January 9th, 2011 by | No Comments

This is a Wall Street Journal Report by EVGENY MOROZOV At the end of 2010, the “open-source” software movement, whose activists tend to be fringe academics and ponytailed computer geeks, found an unusual ally: the Russian government. Vladimir Putin signed a 20-page executive order requiring all public institutions in Russia to replace proprietary software, developed Read more…