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<html newsdate="2011-12-06">
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<title>
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FSFE provides input to EU's 80 billion EUR R and D funding program
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<body>
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<h1>
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FSFE provides input to EU's 80 billion EUR R and D funding program
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<p>
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The European Commission has adopted a set of proposals for its
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next framework program. Called Horizon 2020, this program will provide
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80 billion EUR for research and development projects from 2014 to
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2020. Prior to finalisation of the proposal, FSFE had provided
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<a href="/news/2011/news-20111128-02.html">input</a>
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to the Commission in order to make the program accessible for Free
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Software research and projects. Our input also aims at making the
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results of publicly funded research available as widely as possible.
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</p>
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<p> As Free Software space is dominated by SMEs and individuals we are
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happy to see that the program is intended to lower the administrate
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burden of participating, which is quite substantial under the current
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FP7 framework program. </p>
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<p> The biggest goal of FSFE'S contribution was to help the EC
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maximise the social value Europeans obtain from the Horizon 2020
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program, which is funded out of the taxes they have paid. The
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Commission proposal states this as an objective, but does not provide
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much clarity on how this is going to be achieved. FSFE maintains that
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for results consisting in software, Free Software licenses should be
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mandatory or at least strongly encouraged. This is not only a question
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of fairness towards the European taxpayer, but also a matter of
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economic efficiency and a way to encourage further innovation in the
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future. </p>
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<p> Much of the actual effect of the Horizon 2020 program will depend
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on the further evolution of the Commission's proposal, and on the way
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the program itself will be implemented. FSFE will continue to engage
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with the European institutions in order to support the development of
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<a href="/news/2011/news-20111128-02.html">Horizon 2020</a> in
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the interest of Europe's citizens.
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</p>
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</body>
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<tag key="european-union"/>
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<tag key="european-commission">European Commission</tag>
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