Federico Heinz is a Latin-American programmer and Free Software advocate living in Argentina. A programmer is someone who writes Computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. He is a co-founder of Fundación Vía Libre, a non-profit organization that promotes the free flow of knowledge as a motor for social progress, and the use and development of Free Software. Fundación Vía Libre of Córdoba, Argentina, is an NGO working on the social implications of information and communication technologies throughout Latin America, A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage He has helped legislators such an Argentina's Ing. Dragan, Dr. Conde, and Peru's Dr. Villanueva draft and defend legislation demanding the use of Free Software in all areas of public administration. Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy.
He speaks fluent Spanish, English, and German. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
External links
- A video of Heinz on a panel about public administration
- Recordings of two talks by Heinz from a Dublin event, April 29th 2006