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<title>Dutch government formation: open letter on Free Software and Public Money? Public Code!</title> |
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<h1>Dutch government formation: open letter on Free Software and Public Money? Public Code!</h1> |
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<p>The Dutch government is about to form itself and setting up goals for |
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the next term. With an open letter, the FSFE urges the coalition parties to |
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implement the "open, unless" policy of 2020 and thus the principle of |
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Public Money? Public Code!</p> |
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Free Software gives everybody the right to use, study, share, and improve |
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software. This right helps support other fundamental freedoms like |
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freedom of speech, press and privacy. With the principle of "Public Money? |
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Public Code!" implemented, the government will improve the transparency and |
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digital sovereignty.</p> |
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Also it will help educational institutions with |
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digital skills, information literacy, and improving the privacy of students |
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and staff. At the same time it will stimulate the IT market and thus others |
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like the labour market. Open code encourages cooperation with |
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governments at home and abroad. |
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<p>First attempts to promote Free Software among public bodies, like the |
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"open, unless" policy of 2020, need to be followed, implemented, and |
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extended. We urge for legislation requiring that publicly financed |
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software developed for the public sector be made publicly available |
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under a Free Software license. Code paid by the people should be |
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available to the people!</p> |
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You can read the full open letter in <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/pmpc/FSFE_letter_20211116_NL.pdf">Dutch</a> |
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and in <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/pmpc/FSFE_letter_20211116_EN.pdf">English</a>. |
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<tag key="pmpc">Public Money? Public Code!</tag> |
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<tag key="procurement">Public Procurement</tag> |
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<tag key="public-administration">Public Administration</tag> |
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