Paul Griffiths a ?crit : > A campaign will be launched to increase the awareness of illegal > software, more frequent inspections and stricter violations will be > performed. Chief Inspector Thans said the task force are proposing > increasing the maximum fine on copyright infringement to 500 Million VND.
> As you're all aware most private organisations can not afford to pay > such heavy fines. Also the hotline center set up for the public to > inform for 'benefit's has been used with success across Europe. Perhaps > the Freedom of Software day can reflect this issue and provide a more > basic and direct guide on FOSS for members of the communities who may be > affected by such changes. Maybe at NGORC you could inform NGOs to come to the SFD 2008 event. If somebody volunteers (you maybe ?), we could try to set-up a "booth" or a "live forum" for this purpose with posters, etc. to explain what FOSS alternatives can offer to NGOs and SMBs with regards to using legal softwares (with GNU/GPL licenses, of course). regards -- M. VU DO Quynh AUF (T? ch?c h?p t?c ?H Ph?p ng?) Campus num?rique francophone (CNF) de Hanoi Nh? D, ng? 42 T? Quang B?u T?l.: (84-4) 868.48.85 ; Fax: (84-4) 869.45.09 http://www.vn.refer.org/vietnam/
