New Hampshire passes "Open Source bill"

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Submission + - New Hampshire passes "Open Source bill" (nhliberty.org)

Submitted by

Plugh

on Saturday February 04, 2012 @05:06PM

Plugh writes: "In a victory for transparency & openness in government, and saving tax dollars, New Hampshire has passed HB418. State agencies are now required by law to consider open source software when acquiring software, and to promote the use of open data formats."

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