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<h2>What was already achieved</h2>
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Every day, governments advertise non-free software on their
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Every day, public institutions advertise non-free software on their
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websites. Some examples are below. With the help of
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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
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also nine countries outside of Europe.
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endanger competition and choice in the software market. When public
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bodies act as a marketing channel for a single company's product,
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something has gone wrong.
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<!-- [FIXME:I think we shouldn't go too far on the track of
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"advertisement shall be paid for" or else we have to remove
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everywhere the proposal to add a link to a list of readers (namely
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pdfreaders.org) alongside with the current advertisements // KG: But
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neither can we simply say "no advertising on public sector website",
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because that's a) not illegal (see www.muenchen.de) and b) distracts
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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>
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<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
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use. Public institutions should publish their documents in formats that can be read
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with Free Software. Indeed, many Free Software applications exist for
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reading such documents.Governments should lead citizens to freedom, and
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reading such documents. Governments should lead citizens to freedom, and
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encourage them to make use of these applications. </p>
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<p>Sincerely,</p>
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