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Italy puts Free Software first in public sector


http://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140116-01.en.html

The Italian government has made Free Software the default choice for
public administrations. In a document published last Wednesday, the
Italian Digital Agency issued rules saying that all government
organisations in the country must consider using Free Software before
buying licenses for proprietary programs.

The document, titled "Guidelines on comparative evaluation [of
software]", sets out a detailed method which public bodies must follow
to decide which software to use. They are required to look for suitable
Free Software programs, or choose software developed by the public
sector. Only if no suitable programs of these types are available may
they consider acquiring non-free software.