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NACI: Gov't of South Africa Pushes Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the leapfrogging-in-the-second-world dept.

GNU lover writes "National Advisory Council on Innovation in South Africa has issued a release concering the use of Open Source and the digital divide." The use of open source in the 3rd/2nd world is one way to get around licensing costs - at least more honest then pirating.

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  1. africa? by npietraniec · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've probably got more computers in my basement than they do in the whole continent. Ok, mod me down. I thought it was funny. :P

  2. Re:Yes, they REALLY are... by MathJMendl · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    I guess you could always argue the point that you hadn't used the software (perhaps you had bought the software in error)
    Good idea, committing fraud should solve this person's legal problems.
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