The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is now running a campaign to require that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. The reason being that if it is public money, the code should be public as well. General benefits include overall tax savings, increased collaboration, public service, and fostering innovation. Money is currently being wasted on code that cannot be modified or even studied, let alone redistributed. Code paid for by the people should be available to the people!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 14 2017, @06:36PM (1 child)
When do we pull our collective head out of our ass, and put business in it's proper place?
When the benefits dry up, when they cancel our favorite TV show, when we realize that out laundry detergent really doesn't give us *whiter whites and brighter colors*
And you have it kinda backwards. Under Soviet Capitalism, government serves business. If it fails to do so, business will finance the opposition candidate, color revolution, arab spring, US independence from Great Britain, and various other forms of mayhem.
It is said that the people are revolting.
You said it! They stink on ice!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @07:56PM
> when we realize that out laundry detergent really doesn't give us *whiter whites
I think I found the way to make KKK and neonazis useful :D