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Why #FreeSoftware for public services?
✅ Ensures transparency 📖
✅ Avoids dependency on single vendors 🔄
✅ Allows collaboration & improvement 🤝
✅ Saves money in the long run 💰
Taxpayer-funded software should be for the public
Public Money? Public Code!
https://media.fsfe.org/w/7cH6EATpmPwaMsEZN8vfyj
Why #FreeSoftware for public services?
✅ Ensures transparency 📖
✅ Avoids dependency on single vendors 🔄
✅ Allows collaboration & improvement 🤝
✅ Saves money in the long run 💰
Taxpayer-funded software should be for the public
Public Money? Public Code!
https://media.fsfe.org/w/7cH6EATpmPwaMsEZN8vfyj
Taxpayer money should benefit society! 💪
Public administrations rely on software to serve society. When that software is funded with public money, it should be #FreeSoftware
Public Money? Public Code!
https://publiccode.eu/
Taxpayer money should benefit society! 💪
Public administrations rely on software to serve society. When that software is funded with public money, it should be #FreeSoftware
Public Money? Public Code!
https://publiccode.eu/
✨ New from @NGICommons: We interviewed Nil Homedes Busquet @nilhb from @decidim to explore how participatory #democracy can scale — as a true #DigitalCommons.
#Decidim means "we decide" in Catalan, and that ethos runs deep in both their code and community governance.
Read about their journey, governance model, and funding challenges👇
🔗 https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/08/04/decidim-and-the-spirit-of-a-digital-commons-community/
#FOSS#CivicTech#PublicCode#CommonsBasedGovernance
@martelinnovate @openfuture @OpenForumEurope @cnrs @linuxfoundation @ngi @EC_NGI
After 100 days in office, the German federal government falls short on #FreeSoftware: Draft procurement act fails to secure tech sovereignty by prioritising Free Software. The “Germany Stack” lacks EU coordination and transparency. No reliable long-term funding for Free Software in the budget.
Make “Public Money? Public Code!” the rule: Software paid with public money must be Free Software! The time to act is now!
After 100 days in office, the German federal government falls short on #FreeSoftware: Draft procurement act fails to secure tech sovereignty by prioritising Free Software. The “Germany Stack” lacks EU coordination and transparency. No reliable long-term funding for Free Software in the budget.
Make “Public Money? Public Code!” the rule: Software paid with public money must be Free Software! The time to act is now!
✨ New from @NGICommons: We interviewed Nil Homedes Busquet @nilhb from @decidim to explore how participatory #democracy can scale — as a true #DigitalCommons.
#Decidim means "we decide" in Catalan, and that ethos runs deep in both their code and community governance.
Read about their journey, governance model, and funding challenges👇
🔗 https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/08/04/decidim-and-the-spirit-of-a-digital-commons-community/
#FOSS#CivicTech#PublicCode#CommonsBasedGovernance
@martelinnovate @openfuture @OpenForumEurope @cnrs @linuxfoundation @ngi @EC_NGI
🏦 💰 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
🏦 💰 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
It's now basically impossible to log in to @EUCommission portal if you use GNU/Linux or other libre platforms.
The "EU Login Mobile App" is closed-source, which I refuse to install. No passwd or libre OTP option available.
It's a disgrace that the #EU forces their citizens to use propietary, closed source operating systems and applications.
Now we can not update news or releases of #GNUhealth in OSOR/JoinUP/Interoperable Europe until they change this rubbish portal. And we've been there since 2011.
@fsfe @victorhck
#OpenScience#PublicCode
It's now basically impossible to log in to @EUCommission portal if you use GNU/Linux or other libre platforms.
The "EU Login Mobile App" is closed-source, which I refuse to install. No passwd or libre OTP option available.
It's a disgrace that the #EU forces their citizens to use propietary, closed source operating systems and applications.
Now we can not update news or releases of #GNUhealth in OSOR/JoinUP/Interoperable Europe until they change this rubbish portal. And we've been there since 2011.
@fsfe @victorhck
#OpenScience#PublicCode
Do you think publicly funded software should be #FreeSoftware?
Make your voice heard!📢
✍️ sign our open letter and help push for fair, transparent, and accessible digital infrastructure!
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