Some other countries have also looked at this. http://www.sita.co.za/FOSS/FOSS1.html http://www.sita.co.za/FOSS/FOSS1.html A policy alone doesn't seem to help

Some other countries have also looked at this. http://www.sita.co.za/FOSS/FOSS1.html http://www.sita.co.za/FOSS/FOSS1.html A policy alone doesn't seem to help, as can be seen here: http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64455 http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=art... Legislation might be a better approach. I couldn't find the exact numbers now, but a country like RSA sends around 1 billion US out of the country for software licenses yearly.