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Choice: it's one of the key ideas at the heart of free software.* The right to choose how to use your software, the right to choose who you share it with.* Who could be against choice?* Certainly not theInitiative for Software Choice, except that it has a slightly different view of what choice implies: To encourage continued software innovation and promote broad choice, governments are encouraged to consider the following neutral principles: Procure software on its merits, not through categorical preferences Promote broad availability of government funded research Promote interoperability through platform-neutral standards Maintain a choice of strong intellectual property protections

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