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Since 1984, groups of volunteers have developed and maintained powerful and useful free programs &mdash; a few at first, then entire operating systems such as GNU/Linux and BSD. Today, the Free Software Directory lists almost 4,000 free software packages. The UK government has already decided to increase its use of free software; here is a perfect opportunity to both use it and contribute.