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| ==Argentina== Municipality of Rosario: "[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&idNormativa=34024 Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]" |
See also: [[Reasons_for_public_administration_to_use_Free_Software|Reasons for public administration to use Free Software]]. = Europe = == Austria == * Vienne: [[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39185440,00.htm | Vienne to migrate to OpenOffice.org and GNU/Linux]] == Belgium == * Ministry of Justice: [[http://osor.eu/news/be-half-of-all-desktop-pcs-ministry-of-justice-migrated-to-gnu-linux| Half of all desktop PCs at ministry of Justice migrated to GNU/Linux ]] == France == * Agriculture Ministry: "[[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39243613,00.htm | Le ministère de l'Agriculture fait un pas vers (GNU/)Linux]]" * National Assembly: "[[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39364970,00.htm | (GNU/)Linux s'installe dans les PC des députés]]" * Gendarmerie nationale (national police): [[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39203431,00.htm | La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice]] * Tax administration: [[http://guerby.org/blog/index.php/2007/01/30/144-politique-fiscale-et-transparence | one PDF]] and [[http://synergies.modernisation.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=160 | another]] == Germany == There is a [[http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list-de/2000-March/pdf00000.pdf|KBSt letter from 2000]] about Free Software. There is also a list of Free Software projects in the German adminstration on KBSt's website [[http://www.kbst.bund.de/cln_028/nn_837408/SiteGlobals/Forms/Listen/Projekte/DE/oss-Projekte-Formular,templateId=processForm.html?sortString=+title&maxResults=1000|Software/OSS-Kompetenzzentrum/Projektsammlung]] (currently not reachable, asked via e-mail about new location) * Federal administrations: * Federal Foreign Office: [[http://www.twerner42.de/ | a blog]] and [[http://www.opensourcejahrbuch.de/blog/162 | another]] and an update from [[http://www.osor.eu/news/de-foreign-ministry-cost-of-open-source-desktop-maintenance-is-by-far-the-lowest| OSOR]] * Local adminstrations: * Munich (City): [[http://osor.eu/case_studies/declaration-of-independence-the-limux-project-in-munich | Declaration of Independence: The LiMux Project in Munich]] and [[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39195204,00.htm | Munich picks GNU/Linux]] * Schwäbisch Hall (City): [[http://www.schwaebischhall.de/Linux.1630.0.html | info in German]] and [[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/03/articles/monthly/AE-PR-01-03-52.html | in English]] == Iceland == * [[http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/information-society/English/nr/2882 | Iceland governments Free Software policy]] == Italy == * National Council for IT: "[[http://www.osspa.cnipa.it/rilevazione/public_browse_quest.php | free software usage observatory]]" * South Tyrol public transport: "[[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-sad/ | free software since 1993]]" * South Tyrol: "[[http://www.provinz.bz.it/specials/esuedtirol/index_d.htm#k13 | use of OpenOffice.org]]" and "[[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-gemeindenverband/ | and also GNU/Linux]]" * All Italian-speaking schools: "[[http://www.fuss.bz.it | they all use project FUSS]]" == Netherlands == * [[http://en.octrooicentrum.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 | The Netherlands Patent Office changes to open source software]] == Spain == * The Spanish IT competence centre [[http://cenatic.es|CENATIC]] has published a [[http://observatorio.cenatic.es/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=49&format=raw|detailed report]] on the use of Free Software in the Spanish public administration. It has lots of example cases, as well as analysis of legal aspects and a look at strengths and weaknesses. Should make an interesting read. * [[http://lwn.net/Articles/41738/ | LWN article on GNU/Linux in Spain]] ([[http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060803| Debian news entry]] about the same subject) == United Kingdom == * Birmingham libraries: "[[http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2007-February/006732.html | report of failure]]" = Africa = == South Africa == * [[http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3240 | South Africa’s IT agency to migrate to open source in coming year]] ([[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2008/13276.html| short article in German]]) = Asia = == China == * [[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943 | China's use of free software]] == India == * [[http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-June/004944.html | One year of Free Software implementation in ELCOT - the score card]] = South America = == Argentina == * Municipality of Rosario: "[[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/normativa/ver/visualExterna.do?accion=verNormativa&idNormativa=34024 | Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004]]" |
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| [http://techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/tse_migrates_to_linux Brazilian Election Supreme Court migrates 430 thousand voting machines to GNU/Linux] | * [[http://techforce.com.br/index.php/news/linux_blog/tse_migrates_to_linux | Brazilian Election Supreme Court migrates 430 thousand voting machines to GNU/Linux]] |
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| ==Austria== *Vienne: [http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39185440,00.htm Vienne to migrate to OpenOffice.org and GNU/Linux] |
== Ecuador == * [[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/ | Success for free software in Latin America!]] |
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| ==China== *[http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943 China's use of free software] |
== Venezuela == * [[http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/12/venezuela_open_source.html | Jeff Zucker's 2005 status description]] * [[http://www.migrandovenezuela.org/index.php?title=Portada Migrando Venezuela]] |
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| ==Ecuador== *[http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/ Success for free software in Latin America!] |
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| ==France== *Agriculture Ministry: "[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39243613,00.htm Le ministère de l'Agriculture fait un pas vers (GNU/)Linux]" *National Assembly: "[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39364970,00.htm (GNU/)Linux s'installe dans les PC des députés]" *Gendarmerie nationale (national police): "[http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/informatique/0,39040745,39203431,00.htm La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice]" *Tax administration: "[http://guerby.org/blog/index.php/2007/01/30/144-politique-fiscale-et-transparence one PDF]" and "[http://synergies.modernisation.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=160 another]" |
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| ==Germany== *Federal Foreign Office: "[http://www.twerner42.de/ a blog]" and "[http://www.opensourcejahrbuch.de/blog/162 another]" *Munich: "[http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39195204,00.htm Munich picks GNU/Linux]" *Schwäbisch city hall: "[http://www.schwaebischhall.de/Linux.1630.0.html info in German]" and "[http://www.hoise.com/primeur/03/articles/monthly/AE-PR-01-03-52.html in English]" |
= North America = == Mexico == * [[http://www.softwarelibre.tlalpan.gob.mx/ | Gobierno GDF/Linux]] |
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| ==Iceland== *[http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/information-society/English/nr/2882 Iceland governments Free Software policy] |
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| ==India== *[http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2007-June/004944.html One year of Free Software implementation in ELCOT - the score card] |
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| ==Italy== *National Council for IT: "[http://www.osspa.cnipa.it/rilevazione/public_browse_quest.php free software usage observatory]" *South Tyrol public transport: "[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-sad/ free software since 1993]" *South Tyrol: "[http://www.provinz.bz.it/specials/esuedtirol/index_d.htm#k13 use of OpenOffice.org]" and "[http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-gemeindenverband/ and also GNU/Linux]" *All Italian-speaking schools: "[http://www.fuss.bz.it they all use project FUSS]" ==Mexico== *[http://www.softwarelibre.tlalpan.gob.mx/ Gobierno GDF/Linux] ==Spain== *[http://lwn.net/Articles/41738/ LWN article on GNU/Linux in Spain] ==United Kingdom== *Birmingham libraries: "[http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2007-February/006732.html report of failure]" ==Venezuela== *[http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/12/venezuela_open_source.html Jeff Zucker's 2005 status description] *[http://www.migrandovenezuela.org/index.php?title=Portada Migrando Venezuela] ==Further information sources== * [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInThePublicSector Debian in the Public Sector] * [http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/470 The European Commissions IDABC list of case studies] * ('''French''')[http://chl.be/migrations/ Migrations vers les logiciels libres] [[Category:Pages with per-country lists]] [[Category:Free Software usage|public administration, Free Software usage in]] |
* [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInThePublicSector | Debian in the Public Sector]] * [[http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/470 | The European Commissions IDABC list of case studies]] * ('''French''') [[http://chl.be/migrations/ | Migrations vers les logiciels libres]] * [[http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/opensource/cases/index_en.htm |Cases of official recognition/adoption of F/OSS]] * [[http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf| Study on the: Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU]] ([[http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2007/10709.html|Pro-Linux article about the study]] in German) * [[http://www.iao.fraunhofer.de/d/projekte/oss.hbs| A study of the Fraunhofer institute documenting the advantages of "open source" software, Nov 2006]] (German) * [[http://osor.eu/ | "Open Source" Observatory and Repository for European public administrations]] ---- CategoryAdvocacy |
Contents
See also: Reasons for public administration to use Free Software.
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Ministry of Justice: Half of all desktop PCs at ministry of Justice migrated to GNU/Linux
France
Agriculture Ministry: "Le ministère de l'Agriculture fait un pas vers (GNU/)Linux"
National Assembly: "(GNU/)Linux s'installe dans les PC des députés"
Gendarmerie nationale (national police): La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice
Germany
There is a KBSt letter from 2000 about Free Software. There is also a list of Free Software projects in the German adminstration on KBSt's website Software/OSS-Kompetenzzentrum/Projektsammlung (currently not reachable, asked via e-mail about new location)
- Federal administrations:
- Local adminstrations:
Munich (City): Declaration of Independence: The LiMux Project in Munich and Munich picks GNU/Linux
Schwäbisch Hall (City): info in German and in English
Iceland
Italy
National Council for IT: "free software usage observatory"
South Tyrol public transport: "free software since 1993"
South Tyrol: "use of OpenOffice.org" and "and also GNU/Linux"
All Italian-speaking schools: "they all use project FUSS"
Netherlands
Spain
The Spanish IT competence centre CENATIC has published a detailed report on the use of Free Software in the Spanish public administration. It has lots of example cases, as well as analysis of legal aspects and a look at strengths and weaknesses. Should make an interesting read.
LWN article on GNU/Linux in Spain (Debian news entry about the same subject)
United Kingdom
Birmingham libraries: "report of failure"
Africa
South Africa
Asia
China
India
South America
Argentina
Municipality of Rosario: "Ordenanza Nº 7787 / 2004"
Brasil
Ecuador
Venezuela
North America
Mexico
Further information sources
(French) Migrations vers les logiciels libres
Study on the: Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU (Pro-Linux article about the study in German)
A study of the Fraunhofer institute documenting the advantages of "open source" software, Nov 2006 (German)
"Open Source" Observatory and Repository for European public administrations