On 16/03/2016 14:41, Matthias Kirschner wrote: > At the end of last week, the White House published a draft for a Source > Code Policy <https://sourcecode.cio.gov/SourceCodePolicy.pdf>. The > policy requires every public agency to publish their custom-build > software as Free Software for other public agencies as well as the > general public to use, study, share and improve the software. As we want > to push for similar policies in the EU, I would be very interested in > your feedback. > [...] > > The policy in general does not require that already existing > custom—developed software be retroactively made available as Free > Software if it was developed by third party developers (though it is > strongly encouraged to the extent permissible under existing contracts). > However, it is encouraged to be retroactively applicable for the > existing custom-build software developed by agency employees in the > course of their official duties.
Nice, that echoes the recent french CADA decision that recognizes software source code as a "publicly discloseable document", that just was validated by an administrative court: http://www.april.org/le-tribunal-administratif-valide-lavis-de-la-cada-les-codes-sources-sont-des-documents-administratif (sorry no translation yet) On the 1st of April (no, that's not a joke), the tax administration will release the source code of the tax calculation software they wrote, and even organize a hackathon around it. http://www.nextinpact.com/news/98981-le-fisc-ouvrira-code-source-son-calculateur-d-impots-1er-avril.htm François. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
