Editing Free software movement (section)

=== North America ===

==== United States ====
In the United States, there have been efforts to pass legislation at the state level encouraging the use of free software by state government agencies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/open-sources-new-weapon-the-law/|title=Open source's new weapon: The law?|website=CNET|access-date=2023-03-16|archive-date=2023-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316221116/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/open-sources-new-weapon-the-law/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 11, 2022, two bills were shown on the New Hampshire legislating floor. The first bill called "HB 1273" was introduced by Democratic New Hampshire representative Eric Gallager, the bill prioritized "replacing proprietary software used by state agencies with free software." Gallager stated that to an extent, the proposed legislation will help distinguish "free software" and "open-source software", this will also put these two into state regulation. The second bill called "HB 1581" was proposed by Grafton Republican representative Lex Berezhny. The bill would've restored a requisite forcing "state agencies to use proprietary software" and as Lex put it, "when it is the most effective solution." He also said that requisite was happening between 2012 and 2018. According to the Concord Monitor, the state of New Hampshire had an already  "thriving open source software community" with a view of "live free or die" but they had difficulty getting that notion with the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lots of recycled arguments when the legislature debates open source software |url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/open-software-nh-new-hampshire-44505163 |website=Concord Monitor |access-date=2023-04-09 |archive-date=2023-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409184759/https://www.concordmonitor.com/open-software-nh-new-hampshire-44505163 |url-status=live }}</ref>