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Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by elyseum on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:36AM (#23282424)
The intro of the text makes it look more like a cost cutting measurement. Luckily the end states that “publicly financed software developed for the public sector should be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it should be public code as well.”
Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by timkam on Saturday May 23, 2020 @09:37AM (#23282816)
The same statement should apply to research papers; I am happy that the EU is pushing for this as well, with considerable success.
Re:European parliament strongly recommends open source software by ken on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:36AM (#23283779)
It sounds like it was introduced at the EU in a budgetary context, and that's how the article begins, but the party is not just looking at money. The first thing they say about it is: "Open Source Software improves transparency and trust from citizens".