Vu Do Quynh wrote: > 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 > > Yes; I'm currently writing some guides on illegal software to be sent out to the NGO community. If anyone can recommend any known guides on migration to FOSS (Any in Vietnamese would be great). I'll advertise the SFD 2008 event through the community and publish it within our news letter. I would love to participate however, I may be going to a Development (ICT) bootcamp in Cambodia on the same day. I'll start contacting a few people within the NGO community to represent us and provide a presentation.
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