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- <title>FSFE explains the importance of Free Software to the administration
- of Region Lazio, Italy.</title>
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- <h1>FSFE explains the importance of Free Software to the administration
- of Region Lazio, Italy.</h1>
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- <p>
- Last May 23th, the Council of Region Lazio, Italy, approved a Regional Law
- on "Reuse of information and public data, and connected initiatives". With
- further regulation, methods and technical rules for reusing software will be
- determined. In the meantime, we proposed them a checklist of motivations by
- which both Institutions and the Community would be advantages by a migration
- to systems based on Free Software.
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- <h2>
- Adaptability, control, support for innovation and economical development.
- </h2>
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- <p>
- Free Software can be freely modified. The Public Administration can adapt
- him to her needs, how best required, with a flexibility advantage. In
- case the PA wouldn't have the necessary human resources, she can demand
- the adaptation to local partners, who don't have to refer to any software
- vendor. This advantages the local industry and encourages competition among
- different developers or providers of IT services: Free Software adoption
- allows to foster the development of private economical initiatives, and of
- technologically innovative projects. Actually, the freedom to modify software
- allows to private economical operators to directly operate on software.
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- <h2>
- Software Reuse
- </h2>
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- <p>
- Free Software is characterized by a type of licence allowing use, analysis,
- modification and redistribution of software. Thanks to Free Software, public
- authorities can use software already developed, or they can provide their
- own solutions to other public authorities. This favours cooperation among
- different entities, and allows to save on public resources, assigning them
- to developments to improve software features. Indeed, problems faced
- by different organisms tend to be similar, and can be solved efficiently
- with a common effort.
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- <h2>
- Absence of licensing costs
- </h2>
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- <p>
- The use of Free Software allows public authorities to nullify licence
- costs. This does not mean that adopting Free Software is a costless
- choice. Implementation, adaptation, technical support, maintenance, staff
- training are activities which generate costs. A part of those costs are to
- be faced also in case of choice of a proprietary solution, but given its
- flexibility and the free competition among suppliers, Free Software will be
- by far the more cost-effective choice in the long run.
- </p>
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- <h2>
- Support for innovation
- </h2>
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- <p>
- The freedom to study and modify software favours innovation and
- cooperation among citizens and institutions. Free Software introduces
- a model of conduct based on solidarity and civic commitment.
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- </p>
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- <h2>Links</h2>
- <p><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/alessandro.polvani/2012/07/30/lettera-alla-regione-lazio-perche-il-software-libero-e-la-soluzione-per-la-pa/">Original text of the letter (Italian)</a></p>
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