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To: softwarecreator

Sure, here's one right here:

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-08-30-011-26-NW-LL-PB

Venezuela's Government Shifts to Open Source Software

According to government sources in Venezuela, the South American nation has announced an official policy that exclusively calls for the use of open source software in that government.


21 posted on 08/27/2005 2:47:22 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle
Okay.  Thanks.

From the article: The announcement, made on Wednesday, stated that from now on, all software developed for the government must be licenced under the GPL.

You are right, whatever organizations are monitoring the Free Trade should be raising a stink over this.  It's pretty much giving one OSS the potential to create a monopoly.

27 posted on 08/27/2005 2:53:58 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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