[Air-l] question related to OS and governments

[Joao Martins]

Hello everybody  

My name is João Martins and I am a post-graduated 
student in  Communication (MA),  
finishing a thesis about the social dynamics of 
Gnutella  development. Now, I am working in a project 
for a doctorate in  social sciences. My intent is to 
investigate the brasilian government  investiments in 
Open Source. This scene, in my country, is  becoming 
every day more clear to me, but I can't say the same  
thing about the internacional context of government aid 
in OS  projects. My question is: did anybody here knows 
about any article  related to that relantionship in any 
country?  

Best regards  

PS - Just to ilustrate this context in Brasil (f anyone 
becames  curious...): recetlly, the brasilian congress 
starts a considerable  investiment with the intention of 
stimulate the use of free software  by a lot of public 
organs. The actions includes an investimet of R$  6.3 
milions (almost US$ 2 milions) in projects related to 
the concept  of Free Software, besides the creation of a 
parliamentarian group  related to the free software, 
during an event called "Free Software  Week in the 
Legislative".  
Did anyone knows about something like this in any other 
country?  
  

== 
João Martins. joao_martins at terra.com.br 
Post graduated program in Communication  
Fluminense Federal University  
Rua Tiradentes, 148, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  
24510-590. 55-21-2618-3409 
Curriculum Vitae  
http://genos.cnpq.br:12010/dwlattes/owa/prc_imp_cv_int?
f_cod=K4 765634E2 


 
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