perdon, la nota esta en ingles Mensaje citado por Marcelo D'Elia Branco <[email protected]>:

ES: Government to provide funding for open source software projects

eGovernment News – 22 May 2006 – Spain – Open Source Software

The Spanish Director-General for the development of the Information Society, David Cierco, has announced that the government will be providing ˆ12 million to support open source software (OSS) research projects.

At a recent meeting of the 'Coordination Action for LIBRE Software' (CALIBRE) project in Madrid (5 May 2006), Cierco announced that a total of 38 OSS projects had responded to the latest call for proposals under the national Programme for the Promotion of Technological Innovation (PROFIT) published in March, requesting funding of ˆ10 million. He noted that the call foresees the allocation of over ˆ12 million to OSS projects, ˆ3 million of which is in the form of grants and ˆ9 million in state loans.

The Director-General for the Development of the Information Society stressed that greater use of this type of software would reduce installation costs, as well as help to limit dependence on foreign technologies. He also noted that the Ministry for Industry "has confirmed, on several occasions, its support, not only for open source software, but also for R&D projects, through increasingly important financial grants".

The National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation (2004-2007) includes a specific budget line for OSS projects, representing 5% of the total budget for R&D for Information Society technologies.

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