[Solar-general] El gobierno español provee fondos para desarrollarsoftware libre

Mie Mayo 24 19:03:55 CEST 2006

perdon, la nota esta en ingles

Mensaje citado por Marcelo D'Elia Branco <marcelo en softwarelivre.org>:

> 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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