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Currently implements both a format hook to remove white-space paragraphs, and a check to make their existence a critical failure. In the end may implement only one or none of these, subject to major design changes. Solves #5409 Co-authored-by: Darragh Elliott <me@delliott.net> Reviewed-on: #5431 Co-authored-by: delliott <delliott@fsfe.org> Co-committed-by: delliott <delliott@fsfe.org>
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<html newsdate="2016-01-28">
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<version>1</version>
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<head>
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<title>MEPs vote for more Free Software in public sector</title>
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<h1>MEPs vote for more Free Software in public sector</h1>
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<p> On 19 January, the European Parliament adopted
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its <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2016-0009+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN">own-initiative report "Towards a Digital Single Market"</a>
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in response to the European Commission's Digital Single Market strategy.
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FSFE is glad to see that the Parliament took an affirmative attitude
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and a bolder stance towards the increased use of Free Software and
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its importance to digital single market.</p>
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<p>In particular:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Paragraph 89 considers that software providers "should better promote
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the security advantages of open source software". </p></li>
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<li><p>Paragraph 110 urges the European Commission and the Council to
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"increase the share of free and open source software and its reuse in and
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between public administrations as a solution to increase interoperability".</p></li>
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<li><p>Paragraph 125 calls for "the increased use of free and open source
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software, particularly in educational establishments and public
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administrations". </p></li>
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</ul>
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<p>On not so positive side, the report stresses that the ability to
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license standard-essntial patents under FRAND licensing terms fosters
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innovation and preserves research, development and standardisation incentives despite the
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well-established fact that <a href="/freesoftware/standards/why-frand-is-bad-for-free-software.html">FRAND licensing practices are harmful to Free Software</a>.</p>
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<p>FSFE nevertheless welcomes the adoption of the report and calls on the
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Commission to follow the Parliament's recommendations to increase the
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share and reuse of Free Software when pursuing the Digital Single Market
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initiatives.</p>
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<tag key="digital-single-market">Digital Single Market</tag>
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<tag key="policy">Policy</tag>
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<tag key="european-parliament">European Parliament</tag>
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<tag key="public-administration">Public Administration</tag>
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</tags>
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</html>
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