[NetBehaviour] petition for publicly funded software to be open source

[james jwm-art net]

Software written using public funds should have it's source code
published under a distribution licence that has been declared Free by
the Free Software Foundation, rather than remaining a closed secret.

This would allow for more of the public to benefit from the development
of the software since the code would be available for anyone to use and
improve. Furthermore, compatibility with other Free licences (such as
the GPL) would promote rapid development and reduced costs through the
reuse of existing code.

An open development model would also allow the public to be more informed
of the progress and quality of these projects, which so frequently seem
to end up severely over budget.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Open-IT-projects/

(british citizens etc only)