Edgar David Villanueva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Peruvian politician
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Place of Birth: Andahuaylas, Apurímac, Peru
About Edgar David Villanueva
- Dr Edgar David Villanueva Núñez is a politician and congressman in the Republic of Peru.
- He is best known for introducing a bill to mandate use of free software in public agencies.
- The introduction of the Bill 1609 invited the attention of Microsoft, to whose letter Dr Villanueva wrote a famous reply.A bill that mandates consideration of open source software was passed into law in October 2005.Both the Bill and Dr Villanueva's letter have been widely cited by pro-active governments and Free Software activists as a convincing rationale behind the introduction of Free Software in Governments.
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