Petition for passing legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector to be OSS
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Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software?
We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software license. If it is public money, it should be public code as well.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION HERE:
https://publiccode.eu/
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Savvas Alexandrou Fri 15 Sep 2017 4:03PM
Όσο αφορά τη Κύπρο τζαι να τους πάρουμε petition εν τζαι δέχουνται το.
Απ ότι ξέρω μάσσιεται το http://futureworldscenter.org/ να κάμει online petition σε συνεργασία με το κράτος και άμα έχει ένα αριθμό ψήφων και πάνω να αναγκάζει τη σχετική επιτροπή της βουλής να το συζητήσει.
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Neofytos Kolokotronis Fri 13 Oct 2017 11:46AM
How about reaching out to them and becoming a supporting organization? I am not sure what is really needed other than publicly stating your support of their effort. I could send an email showing interest and try to learn more if the rest are onboard.
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Neofytos Kolokotronis Thu 26 Oct 2017 12:50PM
So I went ahead and contacted them, we are now listed under supporting organizations on: https://publiccode.eu/. :slight_smile:
We should also sign https://savecodeshare.eu/, the procedure is automated there. It is probably better for a member of the board to do that, to be more legit.
I will try to continue communicating with FSFE, see if I can get us listed as associates https://fsfe.org/associates/associates.en.html
I will start a new thread if further action is needed on that.
Theodotos Andreou Fri 27 Oct 2017 6:42PM
Nice! Well done @neofytoskolokotronis
Theodotos Andreou · Fri 15 Sep 2017 1:57PM
Πολύ καλή πρωτοβουλία. Ελπίζω να έχει κάποιο αντίχτυπο.