# Free software becomes a standard in Dortmund, Germany

> The [[Dortmund]] Council has declared digitalisation to be a political leadership task in its Memorandum 2020 to 2025.

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> “Use of open source software where possible.”
> “Software developed by the administration or commissioned for development is made available to the general public.”

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> With this resolution, city policy takes on the shaping of [[municipal digital sovereignty]] and [[digital participation]].