On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 11:22 AM <philip.chime...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am also in favour of this, but I think before sending a patch that > speaks on behalf of the Foundation you should have an explicit okay from > the board, rather than implicitly by no objections within a day. >
Neal already has something queued up. So you should see something shortly. :) sri > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 2:11 AM Tobias Mueller <tobias...@gnome.org> > wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> The FSFE has launched the following campaign: https://publiccode.eu/ >> >> I strongly believe that it's in GNOME's interest to co-sign the >> following open letter. I've prepared a patch to have GNOME listed as >> supporter. I intend to send the patch in a day or so. If you think we >> shouldn't be supporting this effort, please speak up. >> >> >> Open Letter >> >> Publicly funded software has to be Free and Open Source Software. While >> there are plenty of good reasons for this, many politicians don’t know >> about them yet. >> >> Free Software gives everybody the right to use, study, share and >> improve software. This right helps support other fundamental freedoms >> like freedom of speech, press and privacy. >> >> This is where you can help! Sign the open letter to give our message >> more weight. 6505 people and 38 organisations have already signed. We >> will hand over the letter and signatures to your representatives and >> make sure that they understand that: Public Money? Public Code! >> >> Public Money? Public Code! >> >> Digital services offered and used by our public administrations are >> the critical infrastructure of 21st century democratic nations. In >> order to establish trustworthy systems, public bodies must ensure they >> have full control over the software and the computer systems at the >> core of our state digital infrastructure. However, right now, this is >> rarely the case due to restrictive software licences that: >> >> Forbid sharing and exchanging publicly funded code. This >> prevents cooperation between public administrations and hinders further >> development. >> Support monopolies by hindering competition. As a result, many >> administrations become dependent on a handful of companies. >> Pose a threat to the security of our digital infrastructure by >> forbidding access to the source code. This makes fixing backdoors and >> security holes extremely difficult, if not completely impossible. >> >> We need software that fosters the sharing of good ideas and >> solutions. Like this we will be able to improve IT services for people >> all over Europe. We need software that guarantees freedom of choice, >> access, and competition. We need software that helps public >> administrations regain full control of their critical digital >> infrastructure, allowing them to become and remain independent from a >> handful of companies. That is why we call our representatives to >> support Free and Open Source Software in public administrations, >> because: >> >> Free and Open Source Software is a modern public good that >> allows everybody to freely use, study, share and improve applications >> we use on a daily basis. >> Free and Open Source Software licences provide safeguards >> against being locked in to services from specific companies that use >> restrictive licences to hinder competition. >> Free and Open Source Software ensures that the source code is >> accessible so that backdoors and security holes can be fixed without >> depending on one service provider. >> >> Public bodies are financed through taxes. They must make sure they >> spend funds in the most efficient way possible. If it is public money, >> it should be public code as well! >> >> That is why we, the undersigned, call our representatives to: >> >> “Implement legislation requiring that publicly financed software >> developed for public sector must be made publicly available under a >> Free and Open Source Software licence.” >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> Tobi >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-list mailing list >> foundation-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list >
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