The students of Internet, Law and Politics at HLS are arguing over the
Massachusetts ODF matter today in class. They’ve created this site to set forth the arguments. Don’t miss the videos as well as the text files.
The topic: “Resolved: The Massachusetts Open Document Format policy is
an instance of a state exceeding the boundaries of good public
policy-making.” Here’s one side of the argument. Here’s the other.
(If you’re reading this and want to fire in a question on Monday
afternoon, 3/20/06, feel free to send me an e-mail at jpalfrey AT
law.harvard.edu and I’ll try to pose it to the group here.)
Lots of spam blog comments! Awful! Very interesting topic, personally I am 100% behind the ODF movement.
I also wonder what the current status of the ODF in MA state government is, with the new governor and everything?