"Open source, open world" - Foreign Affairs on FOSS in Brazil

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Submission + - "Open source, open world" - Foreign Affairs on FOSS in Brazil (foreignaffairs.com)

Submitted by Ian Grant on Saturday September 14, 2013 @10:38AM

Ian Grant writes: A brief, "not for the geek", look at open source software in Brazil and how it's transforming tech use in South America:

Bringing free software to Brazil, however, is not just a matter of copying North American practices. The idea of free software has also been substantially transformed through contact with Brazilian politics.

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