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In rem: [Foundations] Announcing the Paris Call on Software Source Code for Sustainable Development Die: 9. 03. 19 et hora 20:42 Scripsit: Roberto Di Cosmo roberto@dicosmo.org Ad: Za: FLOSS Foundations foundations@lists.freedesktop.org
[This announcement has been circulated broadly, my apologies if you got it before]
Dear all, I'm delighted to share the news of the publication of the "Paris Call on Software Source Code" that results from months of intense work in collaboration with Unesco, culminating in a high level international expert meeting at Unesco headquarters in Paris on November 6th and 7th that I had the honor to coordinate.
You can find the official Unesco announcement at https:// en.unesco.org/news/preserving-software-source-code-key-powering- future-software-development and the Software Heritage blog post at https:// www.softwareheritage.org/2019/02/26/paris-call-software-source- code/
This Call adresses a broad spectrum of key subjects, ranging from the core mission of Software Heritage as a universal archive of softare source code, to the recognition of software developers and contributors, to the importance of literacy in computing, to the need to take quality software production into account in academic careers, to the role of software for the transparency and accountability of private and public actors.
It is a tool that can be used to promote awareness of the importance of software in all aspects of our modern societies.
Do not hesitate in reading, disseminating and leveraging it: now that it has been built, this tool just waits for you to use it!
All the best