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>		As governments, markets, and global communities become increasingly networked, free and open source software has emerged as a critical platform for a variety of civic institutions worldwide for reasons ranging from cost-efficiency to technological autonomy. This paper will explore how government-sanctioned use of OpenSourceSoftware in developing regions can affect the global nature of intellectual property rights and create an environment that is more conducive to innovation, technological diffusion, and liberalization of the knowledge commons.
 Note: In policy discussions on Free/Libre and Open Source Software, many acronyms are used. For the purposes of this discussion, we will use the general term of FOSS and refer to the FSF’s user-driven definition of free software.

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