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<html newsdate="2021-11-18">
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<head>
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<title>Dutch government formation: open letter on Free Software and Public Money? Public Code!</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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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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<figure class="no-border">
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/6c8d43ffc1013f647affa17d8f0929d5.jpg" alt="Symbol of Public Money, Public Code" />
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</figure>
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<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>
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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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<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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<tags>
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<tag key="front-page" />
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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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</tags>
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<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/758" />
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<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/6c8d43ffc1013f647affa17d8f0929d5.jpg" alt="Symbol of Public Money, Public Code" />
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</html>
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