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Russian Bill Makes Free Software a Public Priority

posted by takyon on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the free-vs-paymerican dept.

mrpg writes:

Legislators have drafted a bill [PDF in Russian] that will boost Free Software on multiple levels within the Russian Federation's public sector.

The draft, approved by the Russian Federation's Duma (lower chamber) in mid-October, requires the public sector to prioritise Free Software over proprietary alternatives, gives precedence to local IT businesses that offer Free Software for public tenders, and recognises the need to encourage collaboration with the global network of Free Software organisations and communities.

[...] Another interesting aspect of the law is how the authors of the bill have made an extra effort to ensure the language used in the draft are correct. For one, only software carrying licenses that allow the four freedoms may be legally labelled as "Free Software":

Source: Free Software Foundation Europe

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:45AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:45AM (#426901)

    Gonna pay you a basic income for having a GitHub account! Plus a bonus for every contribution you make on GitHub! We can do this, bros! The future of geek domination is here! Grabbing the World by the Pussy!!!

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @09:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @09:28AM (#426905)

    Like the GNU Manifesto says

    All sorts of development can be funded with a Software Tax:

    Suppose everyone who buys a computer has to pay x percent of the price as a software tax. The government gives this to an agency like the NSF to spend on software development.

    s/NSF/GitHub/

    And so Stallman's Utopia becomes reality.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:16AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:16AM (#426910)

      Holy saint dicknucius, tough moderation, might as well have called rms a filthy nigger.

      Nigger, nigger, nigger!