quote from testimonials expressing their support for Software Heritage
Software is the key to universal access to our web of information. Software has become an essential component of our daily lives. Software must be collected, organized, preserved and shared. We need the Software Heritage project to make this goal a reality. — Jean-François Abramatic, former W3C Chairman
The Association of Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (ACM SIGSOFT) is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the art, science, engineering, and application of software. ACM SIGSOFT serves both professional and public interests by fostering the open interchange of information and by promoting the highest professional and ethical […]
I read with great interest the proposal to create a public archive of software artifacts and associated metadata as a way to grow a universal body of scientific and technical knowledge. As Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Software I wish to express my wholehearted support for the Software Heritage project. The vision of IEEE Software […]
The freedom—and the ability—to build on the work of others is core to free software. Also central is the ability to be nimble and future-proof, to not be hostage to the whims of specific owners or authors. The relatively short history of computers already holds a tragically large graveyard of […]
Open source software is now the assumed default for the IT industry and for every computer user. It is also here to stay for the foreseeable future. We now need to secure past open source achievements, not only because they are part of human history, but also because they will […]
Software is the fabric which binds our personal, social, industrial, and digital lives. It is an important part of our cultural heritage, as well as a significant portion of the intellectual efforts of humanity since the invention of the digital computer. The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to support this important effort […]
