Jón FairbairnJul 26
Free Software Foundation Europe

🏦 💰 Taxpayer money should fund public goods.

When governments invest in software, it should be #FreeSoftware: software that gives the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share.

Sign the open letter to support this principle:
🔗 https://publiccode.eu

#publiccode #SoftwareFreedom

https://publiccode.eu/en/

Jul 25 at 1:50pmWeb
Show threadIan JacksonJul 26

@fsfe I'd like to sign this letter.

But: although I'm a Dutch citizen (so for example I'll be voting in the forthcoming Tweede Kamerverkiezingen) but I'm living in the UK. I'm not sure how I should fill in the form. Country: Netherlands, postcode my UK one, would be correct but obviously incomplete...

Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasJul 26
@fsfe not just software. Anything developed with public money should belong to the public. That includes government funded research, e.g. COVID vaccine...