Peru has passed its law encouraging procurement of Free Software by the government. Please note that the law is about Free Software, not Open Source, as opposed to proprietary software, distinguished by license. Here's an English translation published by the Asociación Peruana de Software Libre, and here is the law itself [PDF] . Technically, it's not official until it is published in the official Peruvian daily newspaper, but that is pretty much certain at this point (from Groklaw.net ).