Re: Fsfe-law digest, Vol 1 #43 - 1 msg

[Alessandro Rubini]

> but is there any other solution than making open source mandatory?!?

Solution to what problem?

If the problem is that public offices use proprietary stuff even when
Libre products exist, then the only short-term solution is requiring
that any choice of proprietary software is explained and motivated in
writing, under the officer's responsibility.

If you think this isn't a good approach, could you suggest a better one?

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Also, please avoid unneeded quoting.

BTW: we are talking of Free Software, not Open Source. We think public
offices should be free to use, copy, fix the software they are using,
as well as distributing it to the citizens if they see fit.  The
stress is on freedom of the customer (public administration here), not
on the availablity of source code. It's a detail, but an important one.

/alessandro