Open source becomes political wedge issue  Last year, in
Massachusetts, we saw open source being used as a political
football. But the underlying issue in that case was
technological, the state's adoption of ODF as a standard format.
Now, in England, we're again seeing open source being used by
politicians. This time, however, it's entirely on behalf of
politics.  The Conservative Party, which has its best chance of
taking power in a decade, is now using the idea of open source
as a wedge issue, a way to talk about its approach to governance
using popular terms like "bottom-up" and "transparency."  Open
source becomes political wedge issue.