Wednesday, December 22, 1999

Linux Today: Proposed French Law Would Mandate Free Software Use By GovernmentIf this bill passes, all the branches of French government will have to use free software exclusively beginning January 1, 2002. They will be allowed to use non-free software only if no free software alternative exists. A "Agence du Logiciel Libre" (Free Software Agency) will be created in order to control the use of non-free software and help to seek for (and I hope fund) free software alternatives.

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