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Peru Passes Free Software Law

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the line-em-up-and-knock-em-down dept.

wlan0 writes "Peru has passed a law favoring Open Source in the Government (translated using Google translator) after some time and some fights thanks to the help of Peruvian Congressman Villanueva and APESOL(Peruvian Free Software Association). OpenSource.org also provides the full text of the Bill."

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  1. All 12 of Peru's computers... by mi · · Score: 0, Troll
    will run Linux. Hurrah!

    What about all of those foreign meddlers, who helped bring the country to standstill this spring? Do these well-meaning organization switch too, or will they continue using Windows?

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    In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.