@samuelmumm@yours_truly@ankedb@wikimediaDE „OpenSource, das ist doch dieses Dingsda, äh, diese Linux oder so. Das sieht auch immer nicht so schön aus. Außerdem kann ich nur Word, ich bin ja kein Nerd. Und OpenSource ist so kompliziert, das ist nur für Nerds.“
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When I read "building in transparency, and making audits and evaluations possible and trusted", I immediately think #opensource and #OpenData is required (at least for anything used by the public sector), but perhaps I'm alone.
"The #EU is ready to agree that immediate #OpenAccess to papers reporting publicly funded research should become the norm, w/o authors having to pay fees & that the bloc should support #nonprofit scholarly publishing models.
This seems to be very similar to the campaign by the @fsfe PublicMoney{ublicCode #PMPC that code written using public funds should be free software. Great idea. If research is funded via taxation then taxpayers partly own that research. OpenAccess is really important for other people to read, and build on.
Some of the talks during @fossnorth showed successful stories, like the @decidim platform, about how #FreeSoftware developed with public money can be adapted to local needs and get an international reach