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<title>Hamburg wants to focus more on Free Software</title>
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<h1>Hamburg wants to focus more on Free Software</h1>
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<p>In Hamburg, the SPD and the Greens are stating in their coalition
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agreement to focus more on Free Software during their future term. The
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FSFE welcomes this step and will critically monitor its implementation.</p>
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<p>In order to strengthen digital sovereignty of Hamburg, the city wants to
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use more Free Software in the future <a
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href="https://www.spd-hamburg.de/fileadmin-hamburg/user_upload/Koalitionsvertrag2020.pdf">(see
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the PDF of the coalition agreement)</a>. The goal is to minimise the
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dependence on individual providers and create transparency. Wherever it
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appears meaningful, cooperation with other administrations should be
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established. However, the coalition agreement contains several loopholes,
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for example for procurement procedures and diffuse justification to protect
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proprietary software vendors.</p>
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<blockquote>Alexander Sander, the FSFE's Policy Manager, explains: "We are
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pleased that Hamburg has recognised the problems associated with the use of
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proprietary software and wants to focus more on the use of Free Software.
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However, the exceptions in the coalition agreement indicate at this point
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in time that the implementation could lead to problems and counteracting
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the goals. We will critically monitor the process and demand that first
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steps be taken quickly to make software developed with public money
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available to the general public. If it is public money, it should be public
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code as well."</blockquote>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/77cafc597fbe3316c2d340136147e0e9.jpg" alt="Hamburg" />
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</figure>
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<p>Free Software gives everyone the right to use, understand, distribute
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and improve software for any purpose. Administrations also benefit from
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these freedoms when they rely on Free Software. More and more
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administrations all over Europe are using and developing Free Software in
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order to benefit from interoperable solutions, to avoid vendor lock ins, to
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be transparent and sovereign, to spend funds in the most efficient way and
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to foster innovation and collaboration.</p>
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<p>As part of the "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign, FSFE is
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specifically campaigning for a change in policy towards Free Software. The
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"Public Money? Public Code!" initiative aims to set Free Software as the
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standard for publicly financed software. The Free Software Foundation
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Europe together with over 180 civil society organisations and more than
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27.000 individuals signed the open letter. We will use the signatures to
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contact decision makers and political representatives all over Europe and
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convince them to make public code the standard. You are invited to add your
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signature to make a bigger impact on <a
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href="https://publiccode.eu">publiccode.eu</a>/</p>
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<description>Hamburg wants to focus more on Free Software</description>
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<tag key="pmpc">Public Money? Public Code!</tag>
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<tag key="de">Germany</tag>
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<tag key="public-administration">Public Administration</tag>
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</tags>
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<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/77cafc597fbe3316c2d340136147e0e9.jpg" alt="Hamburg"/>
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