Dr Edgar David Villanueva Núñez is a

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, ...

and congressman in the

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. He is best known for introducing a bill to mandate use of

free software Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, n ...

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.Kanellos, M. Peru's president approves open-source bill. CNET.com. URL
http://news.cnet.com/Perus-president-approves-open-source-bill/2110-7344_3-5907226.html
Accessed on: 13 December 2009. 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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Use of Free Software in Public Agencies Use may refer to: * Use (law), an obligation on a person to whom property has been conveyed * Use (liturgy), a special form of Roman Catholic ritual adopted for use in a particular diocese * Use–mention distinction, the distinction between using ...

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