Re: [Fsfe-uk] The threat of a good example continued

[Steve Kehoe]

Marc,
I found a link to the Peruvian Free Software
Legislation drafted by Dr Nunez and mentioned in his
response to Micro$oft Peru.
http://www.gnu.org.pe/proley2.html
Can anyone help by providing an English translation 

Many Thanks

Steve

 --- Marc Eberhard <address@hidden> wrote: >
Hi Steve!
> 
> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 09:53:28AM +0100, Steve
> Kehoe wrote:
> > You must be a mind reader!
> 
> :-)
> 
> > My next steps are to get hold of an English
> > translation of the Peruvian legislation and use
> it,
> > with the help of any local volunteers I can find,
> to
> > draft equivalent legislation in the UK. This could
> > most likely be presented to Parliament as  a
> Private
> > Members Bill.
> 
> Perfect! Thanks for working on that! I'm sure, we
> can dedicate a few
> webpages on the affs website to it.
> 
> > If nothing else it may help raise the profile of
> the 
> > place of Free Software in Public Administration.
> 
> I don't know, but it's surely worth the try.
> 
> > In parallel with this I am trying to gather case
> > examples of Free Software use and support in UK
> 
> That's a good idea too, I guess Richard should have
> a lot of links for you
> through schoolforge.
> 
> As we go international anyway, it's also worth
> looking at the decision of
> the German Bundestag about introducing GNU/Linux to
> replace MS NT server and
> office computers. Unfortunately, they only replace
> the servers with
> GNU/Linux, but stick with MS for the office PCs
> 
> http://www.bundestux.de/english.html
> 
> Funnyly, they write on that website
> 
> ..."Great Britain plans the mandatory introduction
> of open source software in
> the public sector."...
> 
> Did I miss something? Anyone wants to contact them
> for details?
> 
> > a 2 pronged approach is needed, a moral argument
> and a
> > practical one demonstrating that Free Software is
> a
> > viable and necessary option.
> 
> I fully agree!
> 
> Bye,
> Marc
>
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