[Linux-bruxelles] Venezuela's Government Shifts to Open Source Software

[Nicolas Pettiaux]

Si ceci est vrai, voici une initiative à qui doit servir d'exemple et nous 
servir de motivation pour contacter les polituques belges.

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-08-30-011-26-NW-LL-PB

According to government sources in Venezuela, the South American nation has 
announced an official policy that exclusively calls for the use of open 
source software in that government. 
 
The announcement, made on Wednesday, stated that from now on, all software 
developed for the government must be licenced under the GPL. The entire 
policy was summed up in this statement by Dr. Felipe Pérez-Martí, Planning 
and Development Minister: "Open source whenever possible, propietary software 
only when necesary."