Dear diego maniacco,

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.
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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- and Open-Source 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)

You can read the complete resolution for more (German).

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

Best regards,

Matthias Kirschner
FSFE President

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