Basque government starts open source resource centre

The government of the Basque autonomous region in Spain will begin a resource centre on open source and open standards. The Ministry of Justice and Public Administration in November signed an agreement between the Basque Government and the Association of Free Software Euskadi (ESLE).  The decision to sign this agreement was announced on 30 October. The resource centre will have an advisory body from representatives of ASOLIF (the National Association of Free Software), ESLE and the Basque Government.

Andalusia to distribute open source laptops to schools

In the Spanish autonomous region of Andalusia, 190,500 students and teachers will start using open source laptops in January, Spanish newspapers reported earlier this month.