EU countries pledge to promote OSS within public administrations [pdf]
From the declaration:<p>The European Ministers responsible for public administration, public transformation and the civil service, with the support of the European Commission, declare their intention: […]<p>To promote open source software within public administrations and their sharing, by:<p>- Recognising the major role played by secure open source solutions in the transformation of public administrations, which allow for the pooling of investments among multiple organisations, offer transparency and interoperability by default and guarantee control over the technologies used as well as greater technological independence;<p>- Leveraging open source solutions to strengthen collaboration between public administrations, by promoting the sharing of such solutions created or used by administrations within the European Union;<p>- Promoting a fair redistribution of the value created by open source solutions, especially for those who produce and share open source code.