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A Scottish police force is extending its commitment to open-source software by developing a Linux-based system for ensuring it complies with the impending Freedom of Information Act legislation. The Act comes into force on 1 January 2005 and is intended to facilitate 'open government' by allowing the public to request access to government data. Central Scotland police, based in Stirling, will pilot a Linux-based system developed by IBM that was one of the projects referred to in the recent pro-Linux Office of Government Commerce report.
a.k.a. Patriot Act - everything is a secret, except, perhaps, to our enemies. The ACLU is fighting some provisions in the current act and they cannot publish the provisions, because that would be breaking the law. Somehow I had though rights of the citizenry in the U.K. was an oxymoron - I ashamedly admit to my ignorance (and misplaced arrogance).
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