Free Software Foundation EuropeOct 14, 2024

Why isn’t software funded by taxpayers released as Free Software? 🤔💻

We need legislation 📜 requiring publicly financed software to be #FreeSoftware. If it’s public money 💰, it should be public code! 👨‍💻👩‍💻

Code paid by the people should be available to the people! 🙌 #PublicCode

👉 https://publiccode.eu/

https://publiccode.eu/en/

Show threadderptron
@fsfe Not all public information is available to the public. Classified information is owned by the public but not available. Would you want the software that runs your tanks and nuclear subs to be freely available?
Oct 14, 2024 at 5:03pmWeb
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@crazyeddie @fsfe at the same time, im not entirely sure why nobody is allowed to audit software used for keeping health records
Show threadderptronOct 14, 2024
@halva @fsfe Yeah, in general the government should be gaining ownership of whatever is produced and then its work for hire and nobody can say boo if it's open sourced--where appropriate, which is probably most the time.
Show threadLambicOct 14, 2024
@crazyeddie @fsfe yes?
Show threadelgregorOct 14, 2024
@crazyeddie @fsfe It's the same as with any other government information: some can be specifically classified if there's a good reason, anything else should be public.