Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in developing countries (01 Dec 2003)

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Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in developing countries (01 Dec 2003)
There is a strong case for free software (also known as open source or libre software) being deployed widely in developing countries. As argued in this note, the open source development community provides an environment of intensive interactive skills development at little explicit cost, which is particularly useful for local development of skills, especially in economically disadvantaged regions.

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