Thank you for the reference to the position paper, Mathias. It is in fact broader and goes beyond software to be used by the public sector. Fernando
> No dia 12/12/2017, às 08:21, Matthias Kirschner <[email protected]> escreveu: > > * Fernando Reis [2017-12-11 21:15 +0100]: >> I would go even further and say that code development funded by public >> money should be made free software, regardless if it is to be used by >> the public sector or not. > > Isn't that what we ask for on https://publiccode.eu ? > > Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free > Software? > > We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software > developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a > Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it > should be public code as well. > >> That starts already to be the case with research funded via the >> Horizon 2020 research fund. > > Yes, absolutely. Please have a look at > https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170105-01.en.html and the referenced > paper, where we ask for that. > > Regards, > Matthias > > -- > Matthias Kirschner - President - Free Software Foundation Europe > Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290 > Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/join) > Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html) > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
