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Italy’s Puglia region makes open-source software for law
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The Council of the Italian region of Puglia passed a law that the use of free software and open standards for the public administrations of the region makes it binding. The law was proposed in 2010.
The Council expects to make annual savings of one million euros if the authorities use more free software and also business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises. By law, the Council would also hang up a fund over the next three years within the academic and commercial open-source software projects are funded.
The law was proposed last year by Nichi Vendola, the region president and chairman of the Freedom Party of Ecological Left (Sinistra Ecologia Liberta), and Councillor Nicola Fratoianni. The two presented the law in July at a press conference. “Free software is an important opportunity for governments and citizens to realize their rights to communicate and be informed and to prevent these rights are hijacked by big companies, forcing us to pay for access to communication and information and decide for us which path information “, the two initiators.
According to the daily newspaper La Republica heated controversy surrounding the new law in December by representatives of one of the region signed letter of intent on trying to acquire proprietary operating systems and office applications, a dominant provider. This provider is also investing in an IT center of excellence that focuses on public administration, schools and small and medium enterprises.
Red Hat CEO Gianni Anguilletti country is Italy, according to Computerworld’s absolutely thrilled by the new law. “This type of software helps to not only reduce costs, it also provides an opportunity for better quality and more efficient services,” Anguilletti was quoted by Computer World Italy.