[Themaintainers] Paris Call - Software Source Code as Heritage

[Andrea Goulet]

Thanks so much for sharing this, Bastien! This is so needed! 

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On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 1:55 AM, Bastien < bzg at bzg.fr > wrote:

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> Dear all,
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> I've not seen the news shared on this list -- UNESCO publishes the
> "Paris Call" for software heritage:
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> https:/ / en. unesco. org/ foss/ paris-call-software-source-code (
> https://en.unesco.org/foss/paris-call-software-source-code )
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> "In today’s world digital technology has become for many an essential tool
> for social existence, communication, creation, sharing, and is
> increasingly indispensable for accessing public services. However, the
> role of software development is still largely underrated, as is the
> recognition of software source code as an intellectual effort and as the
> receptacle and expression of part of our knowledge [...]"
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> The full PDF is really worth reading:
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> https:/ / unesdoc. unesco. org/ ark:/ 48223/ pf0000366715. locale=en (
> https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000366715.locale=en )
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> The guys at Software Heritage are doing a really impressive job.
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> I just twitted about this here:
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> https:/ / twitter. com/ bzg2/ status/ 1101012706918891521 (
> https://twitter.com/bzg2/status/1101012706918891521 )
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> Enjoy!
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> --
> Bastien
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