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Brazilian Government Continues Push For Free Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-a-one-and-a-two-and-a dept.

rmello writes "The 'Legislative Free Software Week' in Brazil ended last week, drawing 2,000 people, including 3 ministers and presidents of congress and senate. Computerworld reports (in Portuguese, translation by submitter), among other things, that 1) House of Representatives will NOT renew MS-Office licenses, but is looking at free software alternatives, 2) The free software parliamentary front was announced in congress, 3) The e-mail system of the house of representatives is being replaced by a free software one, 4) The federal government is looking at concrete measures to stimulate free software as means of saving money and stimulating the national software industry. Looks like free software is here to stay in Brazil. Kudos to the many Brazilian free software groups working to make such victories a reality."

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  1. It said FREE SOFTWARE, not open source by screenrc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kudos for Brazil to use the term Free Software
    for their week, instead of open source. Finally,
    how refreshing.