Brazilian government faces challenge over proprietary tax software

  2006-10-28 14:30:02
The Free Software Foundation - Latin America (FSFLA) is campaigning against the Brazilian government's regulations that some citizens must use non-free software for paying taxes. Referring to the software as"Softwares Impostos," a term that puns in Portuguese on"taxes" and"imposed," FSFLA has launched a letter-writing campaign against the requirement, arguing that it is both contrary to current social policies and a violation of the Brazilian constitution. 
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