Software in government and administration (2)
Developing software for specific need
keep source, or make it public : keep open future calls for tender
mutualize costs of local governments ==> open source
Subsidies to OSS development as a way to reach critical scale
Why not ... private organizations can do it for their own purposes
One of the roles of government: to enable
. . . but not to sustain forcibly without major reasons
licensings ? (see research)
Developing countries (some issues)
Integration in a world of technology (learning, participating, ...)
Foreign trade and free software:
use (more) labor cost ==> create jobs and know-how :-)
save on hard currency required by licenses
Bernard Lang
, INRIA - AFUL - ISOC France
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