Living together BUT not married: RR/MC and Linux

[Richard Gaskin]

David Bovill wrote:
> On 21 Nov 2005, at 16:56, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> Charles Hartman wrote:
>>>> Maybe only 1-2% of your typical desktop customers will be using   
>>>> linux - but I personally would not be using Revolution without  
>>>> good  Linux support for the reasons above.
>>>
>>> And the Brazilian government's policy is worth keeping in mind,  and  
>>> watching as a plausible trend.
>>
>> What is that policy?
>
> Basically they insist on open source solutions for Government  contracts 
> - also very big supporters of open content (Creative  Commons) with 
> Gliberto Gil (Minister of Culture and renowned  musician) being largely 
> responsible for getting Creative Commons to  add the sampling license to 
> their suite of licenses.

OIC.  Thanks.  Thought it was somehow different from the Indian or 
European policies.  Seems pretty much in line generally speaking, and 
since we use a proprietary engine here they all exclude us.

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