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prohibit lobbying on behalf of American software companies in foreign countries that plan to or use free software.

Created by S.D. on November 06, 2011

End the practice of lobbying for American software companies in any country that announces a migration to free software. For example, Secretary of State Clinton recently coerced the government of Vietnam to abandon their plans to migrate to Linux on government workstations on behalf of Microsoft.

Allowing poorer countries the choice to use Linux allows them to create their own software industry without dependence on the US. Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. So when I see the US lobbying any country to use Windows, I see that Liberty is not one of their interests.

Free software is about helping your neighbor, learning how to program and creating an industrial commons that creates jobs. A free idea will create more jobs than a patented idea.

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