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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. a World Map by Alien54 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I would like to see a map of the world color coded depending on the status of government support for open source, etc.

    This would be probably educational, as well as a possible boost in moral.

    Something titled: "Countries in the world where open source is recommended"

    Extra brownie points for links, etc.

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    "It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"