Free Software to increase security and state efficiency
On wednesday, the parliament passed the Computer programs in governmental bodies-bill, also known as the law on Free Software and Open Formats. With this law, the state will have to prioritize free software tenders, contracts and purchases, and will in other cases have to justify the choice of proprietary software.
The socialist deputy Daisy Tourné, who first proposed this bill to parliament seven years ago, said that purpose is to give a clear goal in the purchase of software for the state. "When one wants the state to function in a certain way, you have to state it in law. What we want is that state utilizes free software, that it promotes and advocates it in the educational system, that it first and foremost uses free and open formats rather than the proprietary. If it doesn't do this, it has to be because of well founded reasons and it will have to have it in writing. We need to have criteria to follow, and we do not believe that free market can do that and it has already shown that it does not", she stated.
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On wednesday, the parliament passed the Computer programs in governmental bodies-bill, also known as the law on Free Software and Open Formats. With this law, the state will have to prioritize free software tenders, contracts and purchases, and will in other cases have to justify the choice of proprietary software.
The socialist deputy Daisy Tourné, who first proposed this bill to parliament seven years ago, said that purpose is to give a clear goal in the purchase of software for the state. "When one wants the state to function in a certain way, you have to state it in law. What we want is that state utilizes free software, that it promotes and advocates it in the educational system, that it first and foremost uses free and open formats rather than the proprietary. If it doesn't do this, it has to be because of well founded reasons and it will have to have it in writing. We need to have criteria to follow, and we do not believe that free market can do that and it has already shown that it does not", she stated.
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It's good to see countries switching to free software like Linux instead of paid alternatives like Windows, and Mac.