| A law to mandate open-source? [MSNBC] |
Jun. 24, 2002
The AP reports on proposed legislation by Peru's Congressman Villanueva to mandate open source software in that country and how his initiative is being considered worldwide at MSNBC . . .
" . . . If Congressman Edgar Villanueva gets his way, Crespo might have some more maneuvering room. Swimming against the Microsoft tide, Villanueva is pushing legislation to obligate all public institutions to convert exclusively to open-source software."
" . . . Villanueva's office has also coordinated with similar legislative initiatives in Argentina, Spain, France and Mexico, said Jesus Marquina, an adviser to the congressman . . . "
" . . . Villanueva's measure would apply to all software ? from server operating systems to databases, word processors and e-mail. It allows for exceptions only if no open-source solution exists."
"If passed, the legislation could be the first of its kind in the world - the first government-authored legal restriction that aims at Microsoft's dominant operating systems and the commercial software industry that has grown around them . . . "
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