The participants of the 1ST INTERNATIONAL FREE SOFTWARE CONFERENCE - CONISLI, meeting in the city of São Paulo, Brazil from the 8th-9th November, declare: That the iniciatives of the Brazilian Federal Government, co- ordinated by the 'Technical Committee for Free Software Implementation' for the e-government have our full support. These initiatives, endorsed by the decree of President Lula of the 29th October 2003, consolidate the e-government policy launched by the Minister for Home Affairs ['Casa Civil'], José Dirceu, and constitute a milestone in the development of a new, inclusive information society based on free knowledge. That we give broad support to the initiative of the Brazilian National Congress led by the President of the National Congress, Senator José Sarney, and by the President of the House of Deputies, João Paulo Cunha, who organized the 'Week of Free Software in the Legislature'. We also support the creation of the 'Joint Parliamentary Front for Free Software' (FRENSOFT), which includes, to date, 135 deputies and 26 senators. The width and scale of FRENSOFT, headed by Senator Serys Slhessarenko, is shown by the fact that it is the only parliamentary front which has as honorary president the President of the National Congress. This also reflects the feeling of national unity in support of a new model which fights the digital divide and allows the development of a national industry, free from the restrictive barriers imposed by obscure proprietary licenses. That we support the initiative creating the 'Free Software Brazil Project' and the projects at state level as necessary intermediaries between the diverse actors in the Brazilian free software community: governments, universities, private initiatives, user groups, and free software developers. That free software is an integral part of the creation of a free, just, ethical, and inclusive society, in which people have the possibility of mutually helping one another in solidarity. That free software respects the need to preserve multilingualism and cultural and sexual identities in cyberspace. That the freedoms granted to the users of free software allow the possibility of them escaping from the simple role of consumers of technology to become active participants in a knowledge society. That the license policy of proprietary software is unsustainable for the economies of developing countries. That the model of free licenses represents an opportunity to reach an equality of rights in the technological field, shrinking the digital divide, and favouring users with fewer economic resources. That the development achieved by free software and the potential that it represents are a clear proof of its strategic function on the way to a knowledge and information society. That the training of people with free, just, ethical, and inclusive thought is fundamental for society, and free software is a great catalyst for such values. THEREFORE, we propose to the Brazilian Government, to civil society, to the organizations of the third sector, and in particular, to our delegation which will represent Brazil at the World Summit on the Information Society, to take place in Geneva from 10-12 December, the following: 1. The composition of the delegation, as well as the position they take, must necessarily reflect the undertakings which the Federal Ececutive Power, National Congress, and Brazilian free software community have defended publicly, in favour of freedom of knowledge and of free software; 2. That the Ministry of Foregin Affairs and the organizations of the Third Sector seek to articulate and form a block of countries aligned with our positions; 3. That Brazil, through its delegation, takes on the role of protagonist and leader of this block, satisfying the expectations of the international free software community; 4. To recognize, support and promote the advantages of development and use of free software as an integral part of the building of a knowledge and information society; 5. To create within the states the political conditions for research and development which allow the appearance and adoption of measures favourable to the free sharing of software, algorithms, formats, protocols and other requirements of an information society which is sustainable and egalitarian; 6. To promote legislative norms which tend to create a new international juridical paradigm which favours the development and use of free software. In the building of this new context, there must not exist barriers to the development of programs which respect the four constituent principles of free software; 7. To give priority to free software in Education and Health to win scientific training which has values which are ethical and show solidarity; 8. That free software guarantees a collaborative space, creating effective action for the digital inclusion of women in the information society while preserving respect for gender differences; 9. To guarantee the adoption of frameworks of public use which can be implemented by free software in the network and public service infrastructures; 10. To make use of the advantages of free software in guaranteeing the security, privacy, and permanence of information, in particular with respect to critical infrastructure; 11. To guarantee the training of professionals for the support and development of the information society, and in particular of free software; 12. To develop innovative mechanisms for the egalitarian inclusion of poor and developing countries in the information society. Treaties of economic cooperation and integration should be updated with this perspective. 13. That the Admininstrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) should be aware of practices of unfair competition and 'dumping' carried out by companies interested in maintaining the market share held until recently by proprietary software in the Brazilian public sector; 14. To consider that the change of paradigm which includes the free software movement is essentially cultural.