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Brazilian public software projects are based on the principles and characteristics of free and open source software projects such as security, collaborative development models, technological independence, audibility, and free licenses. In this work, we try to understand the difficulty to start to contribute with a Brazilian public software via its development process and rules for this kind of projects...