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Community: Open Source Legislation Alive in Oregon

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[ Thanks to Cooper Stevenson for this
link. ]

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of Oregon’s Rep. Barnhart and
Sen. Brown’s office, the Oregon Senate Rules Committee unanimously
signed a letter commissioning the Legislative Council to draft new
Oregon Open Source Legislation. The result is Senate Bill 941, a
bill that requires State Agencies to, “…consider aquiring open
source software products in addition to proprietary software
products and shall aquire the software that meets the requirements
of the state’s information technology architecture and provides the
best value.”

“You may find the full text of the bill in PDF format at the
link below.

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Full Text of
Oregon Senate Bill 941

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