quote from testimonials expressing their support for Software Heritage
We have decades of free and open source software that are the building blocks of the technology we rely on, all of which is interacting in new ways the implications of which we are only beginning to understand. We will need Software Heritage to help us develop the tools we’ll need as a […]
Software has become the essential core of modern technology. Critical software lies at the heart of the power, transportation, and telecommunication networks that must stay in operation for decades. Our ability to maintain and evolve these key infrastructures depends on our ability to preserve, identify and understand the critical software that powers […]
Pythagoras prohibited his disciples to divulge his theories : mathematics was born in secrecy. However, the philosophers of the « Greek miracle » considered that ideas, the universal ones, belonged to all and should be shared freely. Our civilisation values the sharing of knowledge because it helps the growth of […]
Software is the most important cultural technique of today’s society; it frames what we can and what we cannot do. Software shapes our communication and culture, our economy, education and research, as well as politics. It is important to preserve our collective knowledge about how software has influenced humankind. Collecting source code makes Software […]
Software Heritage has set itself the important task of curating software for the long run at a global scale, and to safeguard the long term availability of these bits carefully crafted for all intents and purposes. Technology is shaping our age and our societies (to quote professor Lawrence Lessig: «code is law»), and its history […]
GitLab applauds the Software Heritage project for keeping open source software available for future generations. We believe everyone should contribute to preserve the software commons and a coordinated initiative like this will enable more people to do so. — Sytse ‘Sid’ Sijbrandij, CEO, GitLab
The creation of a uniform database of open source code is a critical first step in being able to understand the scope and breadth of open source innovation. As the largest patent non-aggression community in history, founded to support Linux and adjacent open source technologies, OIN strongly supports the Software […]
Software is redefining the whole information and communication infrastructure, and embodies a growing amount of scientific and technical knowledge that is essential for the very existence of our modern societies. It is a core component of the innovation world today. We fully support the goals of the Software Heritage initiative, that is building […]
Software encodes human knowledge in a machine-readable form and plays a critical role in many industries and sectors but its preservation is often overlooked. I’m excited to see what the Software Heritage project can do to improve the preservation and availability of all software. — Dr Arfon Smith, Program Manager: […]
Software Heritage is the Alexandrian Library of humankind’s most important current technical expression: software. This project will allow us to do science about software in new and revolutionary ways. The free software movement dream of software everyone can study, copy, improve and share has no more important working public monument […]
