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MONTES DE OCA MONTANO, José Luis. Migration to free software in Cuba: Joint complex of social and technological factors on the path of national sovereignty. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2015, vol.7, n.3, pp. 119-125. ISSN 2218-3620.

In Cuba, the authorities of the country state that we can not bet for proprietary operating systems as a viable way for technological development, which at the same time leads to independence in this field. . Economic, licensing, acquisition of proprietary software via the Internet factors and the latent possibility of claims by some manufacturers, among many other complexities, lead to opt for another form of software, less tied to legal restrictions and more accessible from the economic point of view. This article aims to address social and technological factors that characterize the migration process towards free software in the country, the reasons for this migration, efforts and agreements that outline state migration strategy as well as the colors of elements that hinder this process, tempered by the ups and downs of the migration process which draws a reality that paints a scenario nothing conclusive of successes and failures.

Palabras clave : Software; free software; proprietary software; migration; migration process.

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