Free, secure and fast simulation software downloads from the largest open source applications and software directory. Our panel focused on barriers to its adoption and steps that free software advocates could take to reach out to government agencies. Still, support from the federal government during the first decade of the 2000s helped educate the public about open source. Whatever happens, even if the initial solution provider fails to complete an implementation or no longer supports its product, governments retain the right to use and modify the opensource software. Next month i will attend the consegi conference in brasilia, brasil.
Already, brazilian diplomats are pushing for a final declaration that would stress the advantages of opensource software. Microsofts moncau plays down predictions by brazilian opensource supporters that government efforts to increase linux use could create jobs and turn the country into a technology exporter. Brazilian government consolidates zopeplone platform. Jul 02, 2017 the open data barometer is a global measure of how governments are publishing and using open data. As early as the late 1990s, david was demonstrating why open source software was integral to the us goverment it architecture, and his personal webpage is a frequently cited source on open standards, open source software, and. Linux is the bestknown alternative to microsofts windows and brazil is its poster child. How open source fits into government it strategy where appropriate, government will procure open source solutions. Similar to cuba, the government has developed and promotes the use of its own linux. In most countries, government initiatives that encourage the use of open source software oss are primarily motivated by the goal of reducing costs. Free and open source software creates a natural and even necessary fit with government. F2fs introduces zstd compression support with the linux 5. Llvms flangf18 fortran compiler might be back on track for merging soon. Open source alternatives to proprietary software by benjamin j.
Wheeler, a longtime leader in advising and working with the us government on issues related to open source software. Brazil, expertise, free and open source software, politics, technology. The brazilian public software spb is a program promoted by the brazilian federal government to foster sharing and collaboration on freelibreopen source software floss solutions for the public administration. The european union has an open source database and the us federal government has posted a list of government software released as open source. Linux in brazil intends to offer an insider view about open source and open standards in these communities and also in the marketplace, government and society in general. The brazilian association of software companies abes is in talks with the federal government to create an action plan to mitigate the socioeconomic impact on the economy and support the sector. Brazilian federal government leads in open source adoption.
The government first set out its policy on the use of open source in 2004. Last friday may 4, the ministry of planning in brazil launched the final version of the brazilian open data portal. Brazilian top technology officials talk about creating, in south america, a continent of open source. In a surprising turn of events, brazil has decided to ditch its open source model and adopt microsoft software in government departments. The brazilian association of software companies abes is in talks with the federal government to create an action plan to mitigate the socioeconomic. Created in 2007, the portal offers open source software programs developed by government bodies and hosts communities so that citizens, companies and public administrations can have access to a great variety of software. The brazilian government has started a public software portal. Apparently, open source alternatives to microsoft office is not good enough for brazil and thus they are reverting to proprietary microsoft office and other microsoft tools the latest trend in europe and developing countries was to ditch proprietary microsoft office and adopt an open source solution such as openoffice or libreoffice. One initiative in the brazilian government is an open source software portal maintained by the ministry of planning, budget and management. This was formulated after the firstever freesoftware conference in india, freedom first. The government ict strategy states that where appropriate, government will. Referring to the software as softwares impostos, a term that puns in portuguese on taxes and imposed, fsfla has launched a letterwriting campaign.
In line with the federal government policy to promote the use of free software in public administration, the portal was made using only free and open source tools. In a surprising turn of events, brazil has decided to ditch its open source model and adopt microsoft. New development has also taken place in the vast majority of public sector bodies, says study. Through its digital inclusion program brazil wishes to democratize the use of computers. It is presented in recognition that open source software is underused across government and the wider public sector. Foss free and open source software allows the user to inspect the source code and provides a high level of control of the software s functions compared to proprietary software. Userful also benefited from the brazilian government s strong support for open source software, rousseau said. Use of open source software by the brazilian government tim.
Created in 2007, the portal offers open source software programs developed by. Brazil replacing open source software with microsofts. Nprs martin kaste reports on the brazilian governments efforts to save money by switching the nations computer operating system from microsoft to free, open source software. Ibm and the brazilian government are now assembling a small team, including about a dozen ibm employees, to create initiatives to promote the use of linux, the first of which will be announced at. Jul 03, 2009 in a symbolic show of support for free open source software and the opendocument format, brazilian president lula da silva recently attended the linuxrelated fisl 10 conference in porto alegre, brazil, where he gave an address underscoring the importance of free open source software to brazilian national interests. With them, citizens, businesses and public administrations can have access to the wide variety of software available. The original caesar3 game is needed to play opencaesar3. The brazilian public software spb is a program promoted by the brazilian federal government to foster sharing and collaboration on freelibreopen source software floss solutions for. The brazilian government will force public departments to migrate to open source software, but linux vendor conectiva says the move is unlikely. Brazilian government first to adopt new ccgpl creative. Brazilian government faces challenge over proprietary tax. A brazilian software engineering student has won the free.
Canadian linux firm to supply brazilian schools with pc. I wonder how the usage of open source software in us government agencies or any other governments compares with that of malaysia. Brazil is ditching open source for microsoft its foss. The brazilian government will force public departments to migrate to open source software, but linux vendor conectiva says the move is. Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from brazil to china are increasingly considering opensource software. Brazil to replace open source software with microsoft products. Using free, opensource software in local governments. Already, brazilian diplomats are pushing for a final declaration that would stress the advantages of open source software.
The brazilian public software spb is a program promoted by the brazilian federal government to foster sharing and collaboration on freelibre open source software floss solutions for the public administration. Brazilian federal government leads in open source adoption zdnet. Open source software presented the brazilian state with a public good that was reliable, flexible and worked with no strings attached. In this past decade the brazilian government launched numerous digital initiatives, based on open source software, but few of them have been. In 2006, the brazilian government also encouraged the distribution of. Moreover, the whole process of development of the portal was conducted with the participation of concerned citizens in an open way to promote open data. Brazil, a stone in microsofts shoes brazilian authorities have in several occasions praised the opensource operating system known as linux. O open source portal, maintained by the ministry of planning, was created in 2007 and offers open source software developed by government bodies and invited communities. The brazilian floss insurgency offers insights into the means by which a group of elites endeavored to reframe debates about technologydriven economic growth around questions of stateled access to source code and knowledge. Adoption of free and opensource software by public institutions. Achieving efficiency, transparency, and innovation through reusable and open source software the u. Brazil replacing open source software with microsoft s windows 10 and office. Open government data ogd hold great promise for transforming the efficiency and effectiveness of public services through the ease of publishing and access to government public information or.
The experience that provoked the federal government into thinking about the adoption of open source software was local. Bruce byfield the free software foundation latin america fsfla is campaigning against the brazilian governments regulations that some citizens must use nonfree software for paying taxes. Sep 05, 20 expresso is based on open source software, which contrary to what one might think provides greater security because the code is known and can be fully checked for invasive activity, unlike. Brazilian government launches own cloud offering zdnet. Use of open source software by the brazilian government. Marcos mazoni, head of brazils technical committee for the implementation of free software in most countries, government initiatives that encourage the use of open source software oss are primarily motivated by the goal of reducing costs. Now the game work with windows, linux, mac, haiku and android. Of the federal organizations that have carried out open source development in brazil, some 52 percent have also shared these platforms with other public sector bodies. In a few months this number should grow to 100 percent. I joined a panel this past weekend at the free software foundation conference libreplanet on this topic and have covered it previously in a journal article and talk. The bolivian government has a catalog of national statistics, but it does not refer to this site as an open data portal.
During the global financial meltdown in 20082009, many organizations or businesses turn to opensource software like the linux operating system, openoffice, mozilla thunderbird instead of conventional proprietary software such as windows os and microsoft. Brazil that had opted for an open source policy is now reverting to microsoft. Brazil is the first adopter of the new ccgpl, which combines the proven utility and popularity of the gpl. Diario oficial is the brazilian government gazette, one of the best places to know the latest actions of the public administration, with distinct publications in the federal, state and municipal levels. The state of open data portals in latin america center for. Turning brazil into an open knowledge society jia sipa. Pdf is brazilian open government data actually open data. Opening government data increases citizen participation in government, creates opportunities for economic development, and informs decision making in. Serpro is now using zope and plone as their primary portal construction tool for government web content management solutions. This was formulated after the firstever free software conference in india, freedom first. The brazilian government is reportedly pondering an en masse transition from open source software to microsoft products, including here windows 10 and the office productivity suite. Caesaria is an open source remake of caesar iii game released by impressions games in 1998, it aims to expand the possibilities of the classical citybuilding simulators and to add new features showing the city life. Created in the 1960s, serpro is responsible for all it services within the ministry of finance and key information systems for the federal government.
Free software as public service in brazil international journal of. The move was more concerned with cost saving than for the love of open source. Brazilian government consolidates zopeplone platform plone. The uk government is looking to embrace open source via a governmentcentric fork of libreoffice. The free software foundation latin america fsfla is campaigning against the brazilian governments regulations that some citizens must use nonfree software for paying taxes. Adoption of free and opensource software by public. Many latin american governments, especially the one led by the partido dos trabalhadores in brazil, have declared support for open source software, but results are disappointing. Ibm, brazilian government launch linux effort infoworld. Brazil brasil brazzil news from brazil linux in all.
Eventually, of course, the government had to abandon the policy in order to keep up. May 11, 2018 brazilian federal government leads in open source adoption. Bbc news business brazil adopts opensource software. Brazilian public software portal proceedings of the th. Brazilian foreign policy towards internet governance.
Request for information about what open source software is cleared for use at the departments premises at eland house. Earlier this year, we noted that the federal government was looking to further embrace open source software in its process of contracting out for or creating in house code. The uk government embraces open source with the help of. The government of brazil says it will switch 300,000 government computers from microsofts windows operating system to open source software like linux. Brazil tries to elude nsa with new cables, satellite reuters. Free and open source software is also thriving in brazil. Compare the best free open source simulation software at sourceforge. Opening government data increases citizen participation in government, creates opportunities for economic development, and informs decision making in both the private and public sectors. Open source alternatives to proprietary enterprise software. Us government now has an official open source software policy.
Userful also benefited from the brazilian governments strong support for opensource software, rousseau said. Open source software options for government version 2. May 10, 2012 among them is the open knowledge foundations opensource data portal software ckan. The use of opensource software is growing at an exponential rate, especially by governments and companies who are desperate to reduce cost. Cite this article araujo n, figueira filho f, melo l. In this context, a public software is considered a public good and the federal government assumes some responsibilities. According to rogerio santanna, secretary of logistics and it at the brazilian ministry of planning, budget and management, open source is a strategic choice of the brazilian federal government since 2003 because it reduces costs, increases the competition, creates jobs and develops the knowledge and intelligence of our country. Brazil switches from microsoft to open source software. Legislation is democratically opened to the general citizenry, employing their collective wisdom to. How the brazilian civic tech community is trying to scale up. Linux friendly brazil twenty percent of all computers used by the brazilian ministries are running linux and other open source software. The development project of the brazilian open data portal takes the concept of social.
Pursuing adoption of free and open source software in. Balter is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. For attribution, the original authors, title, publication source peerj preprints and either doi or url of the article must be cited. The latest trend in europe and developing countries was to ditch proprietary microsoft office and adopt an open source solution such as openoffice or libreoffice. Serpro is the most prominent it solution provider for the brazilian government. Free and open source software foss is an umbrella term for software that is simultaneously considered both free software and open source software. Referring to the software as softwares impostos, a term that puns in portuguese on taxes and imposed, fsfla has launched a letterwriting campaign against the requirement. There i am sure the brazilian government will be touting its progress in becoming another true leader in the adoption of open source. They have won the backing of india and are now canvassing broader support from the developing world. Sep 16, 20 brazilian government launches own cloud offering. Interview with david wheeler on open source in government.
The government of kerala, india, announced its official support for free open source software in its state it policy of 2001. Brazil, digital inclusion, free software, open source software, social. In 2007, the ministry of planning, budget and management created an open source software portal, which offers open source software developed by government bodies. The requirement to use open source software within government institutions in brazil was formally introduced years ago. Opensource software fits this practice well because it reduces a governments reliance on a single vendor. The setup is based on open source software and will support 80 municipalities.
Microsoft unit accuses brazilian official of defamation. Mar 05, 2004 the brazilian government is already spearheading an open source drive. The government of assam state made open source a part of its it policy kerala. Malaysian government has reached 97% oss adoption wow. Apparently, open source alternatives to microsoft office is not good enough for brazil and thus they are reverting to proprietary microsoft office and other microsoft tools. Government is committed to improving the way federal agencies buy, build, and deliver information technology it and software solutions to better support cost efficiency, mission effectiveness, and the consumer. Understanding the perspectives of data suppliers and developers of applications to the citizens. Adame said that through regional trade associations, the company had lobbied the brazilian government against adopting laws mandating open source. Jack wallen ponders why this is important and how it can succeed. Jul 07, 2017 software is our language in this new digital era, and it makes no sense for a public structure not to be open to collaboration and transparency. Whatever may be the reason, at least several government organizations have started to look beyond microsoft. Brazil replacing open source software with microsofts windows. This is primarily on economic grounds, but there are indications of a more evangelical spirit.
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