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Michael Downey 馃Б
@downey@floss.social  路  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

馃嚭馃嚦 freesoftware 馃嚜馃嚫 Congratulations to the City of Barcleona on being the first city-level government to endorse the UN Open Source Principles.

As all levels of government, cities in particular can greatly benefit from what free software offers to support more trustworthy digitialization of public services.

Excited to see even more cities demonstrating publicly their support for FOSS!

https://www.barcelona.cat/infobarcelona/en/tema/science/barcelona-is-the-first-city-in-the-world-to-endorse-the-un-open-source-principles_1567058.html

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #UN #UnitedNations #Barcelona #Spain

Barcelona is the first city in the world to endorse the UN Open Source Principles

Projects such as Decidim have made the city an international role model in democratic digital innovation.
Members of the CIty of Barcelona & UN Open Source teams pose for a group photo after their signing of the UN Open Source Principles.
Members of the CIty of Barcelona & UN Open Source teams pose for a group photo after their signing of the UN Open Source Principles.
Members of the CIty of Barcelona & UN Open Source teams pose for a group photo after their signing of the UN Open Source Principles.
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Javier Cuch铆 馃惂馃摲鈿旓笍
@javiercuchi@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@downey These are simply feel-good (and rather hypocritical) statements designed to boost the political image ahead of what is likely to be a tough election year. Barcelona City Council simply DOES NOT USE free software, despite many years of pressure to do so, which it has always flatly refused, citing some technical nonsense.

THIS IS THE REAL SITUATION.

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Michael Downey 馃Б
@downey@floss.social replied  路  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@javiercuchi I'm not familiar with their past actions or statements, but with this agreement, it seems to be an opportunity to hold the city more accountable for its future activity, yes?

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Javier Cuch铆 馃惂馃摲鈿旓笍
@javiercuchi@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@downey I am very sceptical about this. But they say that hope is the last thing to be lost.

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