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<h2>What was already achieved</h2>
<p>
Every day, governments advertise non-free software on their
Every day, public institutions advertise non-free software on their
websites. Some examples are below. With the help of
our <a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/">Fellows</a> and of hundreds other Free Software activists, we have collected over one month 2286 bug reports coming from every countries in Europe, and
also nine countries outside of Europe.
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endanger competition and choice in the software market. When public
bodies act as a marketing channel for a single company's product,
something has gone wrong.
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"advertisement shall be paid for" or else we have to remove
everywhere the proposal to add a link to a list of readers (namely
pdfreaders.org) alongside with the current advertisements // KG: But
neither can we simply say "no advertising on public sector website",
because that's a) not illegal (see www.muenchen.de) and b) distracts
from our message.--> </p></li>
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<li><p><strong>A question of freedom:</strong> Public institutions should not ask citizens to use non-free software.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fsfe.org/about/basics/freesoftware.en.html">Free

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(without secrets), share (with anyone), and improve the software that they
use. Public institutions should publish their documents in formats that can be read
with Free Software. Indeed, many Free Software applications exist for
reading such documents.Governments should lead citizens to freedom, and
reading such documents. Governments should lead citizens to freedom, and
encourage them to make use of these applications. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>