I am also in favour of this, but I think before sending a patch that speaks on behalf of the Foundation you should have an explicit okay from the board, rather than implicitly by no objections within a day.
On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 2:11 AM Tobias Mueller <tobias...@gnome.org> wrote: > Hi. > > The FSFE has launched the following campaign: https://publiccode.eu/ > > I strongly believe that it's in GNOME's interest to co-sign the > following open letter. I've prepared a patch to have GNOME listed as > supporter. I intend to send the patch in a day or so. If you think we > shouldn't be supporting this effort, please speak up. > > > Open Letter > > Publicly funded software has to be Free and Open Source Software. While > there are plenty of good reasons for this, many politicians don’t know > about them yet. > > Free Software gives everybody the right to use, study, share and > improve software. This right helps support other fundamental freedoms > like freedom of speech, press and privacy. > > This is where you can help! Sign the open letter to give our message > more weight. 6505 people and 38 organisations have already signed. We > will hand over the letter and signatures to your representatives and > make sure that they understand that: Public Money? Public Code! > > Public Money? Public Code! > > Digital services offered and used by our public administrations are > the critical infrastructure of 21st century democratic nations. In > order to establish trustworthy systems, public bodies must ensure they > have full control over the software and the computer systems at the > core of our state digital infrastructure. However, right now, this is > rarely the case due to restrictive software licences that: > > Forbid sharing and exchanging publicly funded code. This > prevents cooperation between public administrations and hinders further > development. > Support monopolies by hindering competition. As a result, many > administrations become dependent on a handful of companies. > Pose a threat to the security of our digital infrastructure by > forbidding access to the source code. This makes fixing backdoors and > security holes extremely difficult, if not completely impossible. > > We need software that fosters the sharing of good ideas and > solutions. Like this we will be able to improve IT services for people > all over Europe. We need software that guarantees freedom of choice, > access, and competition. We need software that helps public > administrations regain full control of their critical digital > infrastructure, allowing them to become and remain independent from a > handful of companies. That is why we call our representatives to > support Free and Open Source Software in public administrations, > because: > > Free and Open Source Software is a modern public good that > allows everybody to freely use, study, share and improve applications > we use on a daily basis. > Free and Open Source Software licences provide safeguards > against being locked in to services from specific companies that use > restrictive licences to hinder competition. > Free and Open Source Software ensures that the source code is > accessible so that backdoors and security holes can be fixed without > depending on one service provider. > > Public bodies are financed through taxes. They must make sure they > spend funds in the most efficient way possible. If it is public money, > it should be public code as well! > > That is why we, the undersigned, call our representatives to: > > “Implement legislation requiring that publicly financed software > developed for public sector must be made publicly available under a > Free and Open Source Software licence.” > > > > Cheers, > Tobi > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list >
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