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| 1 | \section{Introduction} | 1 | \section{Introduction} |
| 2 | \label{sec:intro} | 2 | \label{sec:intro} |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | -The Brazilian Federal Government has been | ||
| 5 | -improving its processes for software contracting and development. For | ||
| 6 | -instance, in 2003, the recommendation to adopt Free/Libre/Open Source | ||
| 7 | -Software (FLOSS\footnote{In this work, the acronym ``FLOSS'' is | ||
| 8 | - used as a representative for ``Free Software'', ``Open Source Software'' (OSS), and | ||
| 9 | - ``Free/Open Source Software'' (FOSS).}) became a public policy. In 2007, the Brazilian | ||
| 10 | -Government released the Brazilian Public Software Portal | ||
| 11 | -(\textit{Portal do Software Público Brasileiro}, in Portuguese), with the | ||
| 12 | -goal of sharing FLOSS projects developed by, or for, the Brazilian | ||
| 13 | -Government. Additionally, the Brazilian legal instrument on software | ||
| 14 | -contracting (known as IN 04/2012) mandates that public agents must | ||
| 15 | -prioritize solutions available on the SPB Portal. The | ||
| 16 | -acquisition of a proprietary solution must be explicitly justified by | ||
| 17 | -demonstrating that there is no suitable alternative on the SPB Portal. | ||
| 18 | -In 2013, the Brazilian Federal Court issued a ruling | ||
| 19 | -(\textit{Acórdão 2314/2013}) about contracts between the public administration | ||
| 20 | -and suppliers using agile methodologies in software development. | 4 | +The Brazilian Government released in the year 2000 the Eletronic Government |
| 5 | +program (eGov) aiming at democratizing information access and improving the | ||
| 6 | +public provision quality of service and information. In 2003, the Brazilian | ||
| 7 | +President created a committee for implementation of free | ||
| 8 | +software(\footnote{\url{http://www.softwarelivre.gov.br/documentos-oficiais/ | ||
| 9 | +DecretoComite}}) and thereafter the Chief of Staff of Brazil sent a circular- | ||
| 10 | +letter to all Ministries in which the recommendation to adopt Free/Libre/Open | ||
| 11 | +Source Software (FLOSS\footnote{In this work, the acronym ``FLOSS'' is | ||
| 12 | +used as a representative for ``Free Software'', ``Open Source Software'' (OSS), | ||
| 13 | +and``Free/Open Source Software'' (FOSS).}) became a public policy | ||
| 14 | +(\footnote{\url{http://www.softwarelivre.gov.br/documentos-oficiais/circulardoministro}}). | ||
| 15 | +In 2007, the Brazilian Public Software Portal (\textit{Portal do Software | ||
| 16 | +Público Brasileiro}, in Portuguese) was released with the goal of sharing FLOSS projects developed by, or for, the Brazilian Government. Additionally, the | ||
| 17 | +Brazilian legal instrument on software contracting (known as IN 04/2012) | ||
| 18 | +mandates that public agents must prioritize solutions available on the SPB | ||
| 19 | +Portal. The acquisition of a proprietary solution must be explicitly justified | ||
| 20 | +by demonstrating that there is no suitable alternative on the SPB Portal. In | ||
| 21 | +2013, the Brazilian Federal Court issued a ruling (\textit{Acórdão 2314/2013}) | ||
| 22 | +about contracts between the public administration and suppliers using agile | ||
| 23 | +methodologies in software development. | ||
| 21 | 24 | ||
| 22 | Despite of these legal advancements, in practice, Brazilian government agents | 25 | Despite of these legal advancements, in practice, Brazilian government agents |
| 23 | still do not practice, or even understand, | 26 | still do not practice, or even understand, |