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Open-source software gets boost at UN

Jennifer L. Schenker IHT

Thursday, December 11, 2003

GENEVA A months-long backroom battle led by Brazil, with support from
India, South Africa and China, against the United States over
open-source software took center stage Wednesday at the UN
information
summit meeting here.

Samuel Guimar%/1?$B7J(Bso8859-15$BeF(Bs, executive secretary in Brazil's
foreign ministry, told government representatives at the summit
meeting's opening sessions that free-to-share software is crucial for
the developing world because it enables poorer countries to develop
their own technology instead of having to import it.

That message put the maneuvering for open-source software business at
the highest levels of global policy, with proponents and critics both
struggling for the endorsement of intra-governmental agencies such as
the UN.

Full story at: http://www.iht.com/articles/121033.html

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