http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/01/23/government-free-software/ A barrister gossips & rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:10:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/01/23/government-free-software/#comment-739 Geeklawyer Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:42:30 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=220#comment-739 Not just Argentina but Brazil. I agree it would be nice if everyone were altruistic, and the FLOSS world shows things can potentially work well when they do. But governments ... Not just Argentina but Brazil. I agree it would be nice if everyone were altruistic, and the FLOSS world shows things can potentially work well when they do. But governments …

]]> http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/01/23/government-free-software/#comment-738 Alejandro Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:57:36 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=220#comment-738 Well, in my country (Argentina), one province and several cities can only use free software for public administration. I personally wrote an ordinance proposal to extend that to my own city. I don't mind sharing my taxes with you, and if all countries opensourced their software, its quality would improve worldwide. Well, in my country (Argentina), one province and several cities can only use free software for public administration. I personally wrote an ordinance proposal to extend that to my own city. I don’t mind sharing my taxes with you, and if all countries opensourced their software, its quality would improve worldwide.

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