<br><font size=2><tt>IMO:</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Thanks for the comments Michael,</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>As I said in my post, I was being deliberately provocative
with choice of subject heading.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Yes it is certainly possible that I've missed the
intent of the author's comments. It is only a small portion of an excellent
document. </tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>However, I also have a very good feel for how 'the
gist' of the comments may be interpreted by some readers. My intent is
to avoid a situation where well intention people may damage relationships
between Government and FOSS.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Bruce</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> Without having seen the sentences on either side
of the one you <br>
> quote, I think I'd argue that the author is not wrong in his <br>
> statement: is not what we here call a PSC, and indeed the OSGeo <br>
> Foundation itself, an embodiment of "some form of central authority"?</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> ..which is not to say your own arguments are
wrong, obviously -- it <br>
> just may be that you're reading something stronger into what the <br>
> author actually had in mind?</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> -mpg</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
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