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Italian court rules free software preference is legal
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| An Italian court has upheld the legality of a
| law passed by Piedmont Regional Council which
| expressed a preference to acquire free
| software when choosing programs for the
| authority. The Associazione per il Software
| Libero reports that the law, introduced just
| over a year ago, had been challenged by the
| Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Italian-court-rules-free-software-preference-is-legal-967195.html
Network World launches Open Source Subnet
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| Open Source Subnet I'm pleased to announce our
| news. Network World has launched a new Subnet
| community, the Open Source Subnet. Open Source
| Subnet will showcase news and blogger opinions
| for enterprise users of open source software.
| As you may have noticed, with this addition,
| we have added three great new bloggers to the
| roster: Phil Odence, from Black Duck Software,
| a company that helps enterprises manage and
| secure their open source tools, is writing the
| Look to the Source blog. Alan Shimel, a serial
| entrepreneur who has founded several security
| software companies (such as StillSecure), is
| writing the Open Source Fact and Fiction blog,
| and Amy Vernon, a journalist and social media
| personality, is writing the Pragmatic Open
| Source blog.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/59642
Recent:
A landmark decision of the Italian Constitutional Court: granting preference
to free software is lawful
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| In short, according to the Court, favoring
| Free Software does not infringe freedom of
| competition, since software freedom is a
| general legal feature, and not a technological
| aspect connected to a specific product or
| brand. This ruling demonstrates the weakness
| of the arguments of those who, until now, have
| opposed the adoption of rules aimed at
| promoting and favoring Free Software arguing
| that they conflict with the principle of
| "technological neutrality".
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http://www.softwarelibero.it/Corte_Costituzionale_favorisce_softwarelibero_en
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