Dr Edgar David Villanueva Núñez is a

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and congressman in the

Republic of Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. He is best known for introducing a bill to mandate use of

free software Free software, libre software, libreware sometimes known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed open-source license, under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, distribut ...

in public agencies. The introduction of the Bill 1609 invited the attention of Microsoft, to whose letter Dr Villanueva wrote a famous reply. A bill that mandates consideration of open source software was passed into law in October 2005.Kanellos, M. Peru's president approves open-source bill. CNET.com. URL
http://news.cnet.com/Perus-president-approves-open-source-bill/2110-7344_3-5907226.html
Accessed on: 13 December 2009. Both the Bill and Dr Villanueva's letter have been widely cited by pro-active governments and Free Software activists as a convincing rationale behind the introduction of Free Software in Governments.

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* Use of Free Software in Public Agencies *
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