Re: [Fsfe-uk] Munich, swpat and Linux - possible in UK

[P.L.Hayes]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 02:00:49 +0100 Tom Chance <address@hidden>
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> After the recent news about the Green Party stirring the city of
> Munich into anti-software patent action [1], it made me think: would
> this be remotely possible in the UK? Are there any Government-related
> projects that use Linux in a significant way, that we could use the
> exact same material on? (i.e. the report by the insurance company, and
> the report by the Green Party)

The only similar project I know of is Powys County Council but I don't suppose 
it's Earth-shatteringly significant:

http://www.telecentres.com/opensource/index.html

If there were a few more like that around the country it might be useful - 
perhaps there are others?

I vaguely remember reading about West Yorkshire Police doing something with 
Linux.

Cheers,

Paul.