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

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: 2) by deimios on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:18AM

    by deimios (201) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:18AM (#426911) Journal

    Well if Microsoft/Oracle stops winning all the tenders they will just "correct" the definition of Free Software so it applies to their products. Wouldn't be the first time (see OOXML) and I'm sure Oracle would just love to somehow spin MySQL as free software with paid support.

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