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<title>FSFE submits comments on the European Commission's Digital Single
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Market strategy</title>
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<h1>FSFE submits comments on the European Commission's Digital Single
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Market strategy</h1>
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<p>The European Commission has set a goal to
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make the EU's single market fit for the digital age by adopting
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<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital-single-market/docs/dsm-communication_en.pdf">“A Digital Single Market Strategy”</a> which is aimed at bringing down
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regulatory barriers between 28 different national markets.
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According to the Commission, a true Digital Single Market (DSM)
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can be achieved by taking the following actions:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Digitalising industry to a smart industrial system so
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that all industrial sectors should be able to integrate new
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technologies.</li>
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<li>Developing standards and interoperability in areas such
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as the "Internet of Things", cybersecurity, big data, and "cloud".</li>
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<li>Launching initiatives on the "free flow of data" and a
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European Open Science Cloud as a catalyst for growth,
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innovation and digitisation.</li>
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<li>Unlocking the benefits of high-quality e-services and
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advancing digital skills.</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<p>FSFE believes that Free Software is an essential prerequisite
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for the DSM and can provide the desired innovative potential that
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Europe needs in order to be successfully competitive in the global
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ICT market. Free Software will help to achieve the majority of
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goals set by the Commission in order to achieve a truly digital
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single market. In particular:</p>
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<li>By providing means to use, share, study and improve
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software <strong>Free Software is essential to the digitisation of
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all industry sectors</strong>, because it is easily accessible and
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enables shaping technology and digital services according
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to the specific needs of all actors across different
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industries.</li>
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<li>To achieve the widest interoperability between services
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that businesses can use and rely on, <strong>Europe needs standards
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that are open, minimalistic and implementable with Free
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Software</strong>. In order for emerging areas such as "Internet of
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Things", "cloud" and big data to be interoperable between
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industry sectors, Free Software must be implemented as early
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as possible.</li>
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<li><strong>Free Software encourages digital thinking</strong> and promotes
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research that will provide high-quality e-services and, most
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importantly, will enhance advanced digital skills through
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education.</li>
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</ol>
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</p>
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<p>FSFE, therefore, ask the Commission to take our recommendations
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into consideration when pursuing the goals highlighted in the
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Digital Single Market strategy, and remove barriers for the
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widest adoption of Free Software in the EU policy. </p>
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<p>Please read FSFE's <strong><a href="https://download.fsfe.org/policy/letters/20151029-fsfe-dsm-comments.pdf">full evaluation of the Digital Single Market Strategy</a></strong>.</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-commission">European Commission</tag>
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<tag key="public-administration">Public Administration</tag>
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