Brazilian government faces challenge over proprietary tax software

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Oct 28, 2006 4:06 AM EDT
NewsForge; By Bruce Byfield
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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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