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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ current market regulations. Doing so would only be legal if the
government abides by a strict set of regulations, which in its current
form would render such publication nearly impossible.</p>
<figure>
<figure>
<img src="/picturebase/miscellaneous/202004-Raymond-Knops-800px.jpg" alt="Picture of Dutch minister Raymond Knops" />
<figcaption>Dutch minister Raymond Knops at an Open Data award ceremony. CC-BY-2.0 Sebastiaan ter Burg</figcaption>
</figure>
@ -57,16 +57,15 @@ policy mostly applicable for new projects.</p>
<p>In the <a
href="https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/publicaties/2020/04/17/overwegingen-bij-open-tenzij-en-aanpak-open-source">attachment
to the letter</a>, the minister takes note of ongoing efforts in the
public sector and makes detailed promises of enabling and encouraging a
Free Software community in the public sector. One of these is a promise
to make changes later this year to current market regulations in order
to make exceptions for publishing Free Software by the government. This
will remove the current legal grey area. A new procurement policy will
also be adopted: Free Software by default is the way to go, and the
government and its institutions will actively start to publish Free
Software. The minister will report on the progress of these measures in
the beginning of 2021.</p>
to the letter</a>, the minister takes note of ongoing efforts in the public
sector and makes detailed promises of enabling and encouraging a Free Software
community in the public sector. One of these is a promise to investigate
possible changes to the current market regulations in order to make exceptions
for publishing Free Software by the government. This will remove the current
legal grey area. A new procurement policy will also be adopted: Free Software by
default is the way to go, and the government and its institutions will actively
start to publish Free Software. The minister will report on the progress of
these measures in the beginning of 2021.</p>
<p>"At the FSFE we welcome this policy and we will monitor the progress
together with our strong partners in the Netherlands." says Nico
@ -91,9 +90,9 @@ impact.</blockquote>
</body>
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<tag>front-page</tag>
<tag content="Public Money? Public Code!">pmpc</tag>
<tag content="Public Administration">publicadministration</tag>
<tag content="Policy">policy</tag>
<tag content="Public Money? Public Code!">pmpc</tag>
<tag content="Public Administration">publicadministration</tag>
<tag content="Policy">policy</tag>
<tag content="Netherlands">nl</tag>
</tags>
<image url="https://fsfe.org/picturebase/miscellaneous/202004-Raymond-Knops-800px.jpg" />