Tony Stanco wrote: > > Here is a very interesting post to Slashdot yesterday about a bill proposed > in Argentina to make the software used by the government free software. > > Do we have anyone from Argentina on the list? Can you contact me? > > Do others know of other similar initatives in other countries? > > +++++++++++ > Posted by Hemos on Saturday April 28, @01:02PM > from the interesting-idea dept. > TrixX writes: "The following article is about a law that's being discussed at > the Congress of Argentina." I've attached the summary of the law -- it'd > essentially make it a law to migrate to free software. Pretty interesting > proposal. > > Free Software Law for Argentina > > There's presently a law being discussed at the Congress in Argentina, that > would make mandatory the use of and migration to Free Software when possible. > > That law was originally proposed by a Congressmen, but he contacted people > from the Free Software Community in Argentina (non-profit organizations, > LUGs, etc.), and we have already suggested many changes that are making into > the law. This has already a big push from a lot of people (including RMS), > but we are interested about opinions and suggested changes for the law, > coming from the Slashdot community > > Sorry for not having an URL published, there's one but we have very little > bandwidth > > This is a translation of the law being discussed. It's already in discussion > at the congress, and moving on > > Note: all uses of the "free" word are for spanish "libre", i.e, free as in > free speech, not free beer. > > Policy for Free Software use for the Federal State ... > > [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/28/010216] > -- Peace, Force & Joy! Sudhir Gandotra Humanist news & plans at http://humanistmovement.org/jan2001 Transform your life & life of those you love: http://humanistmovement.org/form2.html _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
