Editing Free software movement (section)

=== Asia ===

==== China ====
In June 1997, the Society for Study, Application, and Development of Free Software was established under the [[China Software Industry Association]] in Beijing. Through this organization, the website freesoft.cei.gov.cn was developed, though the website is currently inaccessible on IP addresses located in the United States. The use of open-source software [[Linux]] in China has moved beyond government and educational institutions and has extended to other organizations such as financial institutions, telecommunications, and public security. Several Chinese researchers and scholars have claimed that the existence of FOSS in China has been important in challenging the presence of [[Microsoft]], which Guangnan Ni, a member of the [[Chinese Academy of Engineering]] stated, "The monopoly of (Microsoft Windows) is even more powerful in China than other places in the world".<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal |title=Against Intellectual Monopoly: Free Software in China |jstor=41917739 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41917739 |url-status=live |last1=Zhou |first1=Yi |journal=World Review of Political Economy |year=2011 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=290–306 |access-date=2023-04-07 |archive-date=2023-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407192053/https://www.jstor.org/stable/41917739 }}</ref> Yi Zhou, a professor of mathematics at [[Fudan University]], has also alleged that, "Government procurement of FLOSS for a number of years in China has compelled Microsoft to cut its prices of Office software substantially" <ref name="auto"/>

==== India ====
Government of India had issued Policy on Adoption of Open Source Software for Government of India in 2015 to drive uptake within the government. With the vision to transform India as a Software Product Nation, National Policy on Software Products-2019 was approved by the Government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOSS4GOV Innovation Challenge |url=https://innovateindia.mygov.in/foss4gov-innovation-challenge/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-27 |archive-date=2021-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827062916/https://innovateindia.mygov.in/foss4gov-innovation-challenge/ }}</ref>

====Pakistan====

Free and Open Source Software (Foss) is crucial for countries such as Pakistan which is set up by Union of Information Technology.  For the case of Pakistan, Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) aids in the creation and advocate of FOSS usage in various government departments in addition to curbing illegality of copying that is software piracy. Promotion of adoption of FOSS is essential however it comes with problems of proprietary anti competition software practices including indulging in bribing and corruption by government departments. Pakistan works on the introduction  of usage of open type  basis of source Solutions in the curricula  in schools and colleges. This is because of FOSS uniqueness in terms of political, democratic and social varieties of aspect regarding  information communication and technology.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rehman |first=Ata |date=July 2017 |title=Free and Open Source Software Movement in LIS Profession in Pakistan |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/852/ |journal=University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Digital Commons  |access-date=2023-04-08 |archive-date=2023-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408150248/https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/852/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
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