[Discussioni] Fwd: German Conservatives demand "Public Money? Public Code!" - CDU decision to make Free Software mandatory

[Francesco Potortì]

------- Start of forwarded message -------
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:54:48 +0100
From: Matthias Kirschner <mk a fsfe.org>

Dear Francesco Potortì,

The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) welcomes the German CDU's party 
convention resolution on the use of Free Software. At its 32nd party conference 
this weekend, the CDU resolved to join FSFE in demanding that software 
developed with public money should be publicly available as Free Software. 
This decision aligns with our "Public Money, Public Code!" campaign, 
which is supported by over 170 organisations and 26,000 individuals. 
Thanks to your support, the demand has now reached the German 
conservative party CDU.
_______________________________________________________________________________

Help us keep working for Free Software. Support us with a donation now!
https://my.fsfe.org/donate
_______________________________________________________________________________


Free Software gives everyone the right to use, study, share and improve 
software for any purpose. These freedoms strengthen other fundamental rights 
such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the right to privacy. 
Digital sovereignty can only be achieved through Free Software. We are pleased 
that our campaign has now gotten through to the governing CDU party and that 
the conservatives support our demand "Public Money? Public Code!". We now 
expect the CDU to immediately work within the government to create the legal 
basis for publicly funded software to be released under a Free Software license.

The CDU's party convention resolution states:

"The open and jointly developed standards of the Internet and open interfaces 
are the principles from which we advance the digitisation of Germany. It is 
only through openness that competition can be created; only through openness 
can new players in competition challenge the top dogs. This is why the 
following will apply to all (public) digitisation projects in Germany in 
the future: the awarding of contracts and funding will be subject to 
compliance with the principles of open source and open standards. Software 
financed by public funds should serve all citizens. In addition, free and 
open APIs should facilitate access for independent developments." 
(Translation provided by the FSFE) [1]

Further background information can be found on the campaign website 
https://publiccode.eu/de/ 
The video and other content found there are available for free 
distribution under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

1. https://www.cdu.de/system/tdf/media/images/leipzig2019/2019-11-23-digitalcharta-innovationsplattform-d-beschluss.pdf?file=1


Best regards

- -- 
Matthias Kirschner - President - Free Software Foundation Europe
Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290
Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030  |(fsfe.org/support)
Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner)       Weblog k7r.eu/blog.html
------- End of forwarded message -------