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BN Americas/LinuxInsider: Government Plans Decree for Compulsory Open-Source Migration

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“Brazil’s federal government is drafting a presidential decree
to make it obligatory for administrative government entities to use
open-source software, local daily Valor Econômico
reported.

“The government has famously been recommending open source for
years, and analysts in the past have questioned the wisdom of
forcibly excluding proprietary software…”


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