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FSF Campaign : Public Money Should Mean Public Code

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 14 2017, @04:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can't-use-logic-to-justify-things dept.

canopic jug writes:

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!

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by edIII on Thursday September 14 2017, @08:17PM

    by edIII (791) on Thursday September 14 2017, @08:17PM (#568061)

    I agree with you. Rape is an appropriate term to describe what is happening to us. Yes, it strongly evokes emotions and fears, but it is ACCURATE. All of the shit you mention is done to us against our will, takes away our dignity, in some cases takes away our autonomy, and by sociopathic fuckers that could not give less of shit about the consequences of their actions.

    Rape shouldn't be thrown around lightly, or trivialized. In my opinion, you did neither. What corporations, government, and the 1% are doing to us and the planet can very easily be described as rape, and additionally, pillage.

    We often disagree on most social issues, but I'm right with you on this one.

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