The Pirate Party of Russia Endorses the United Nations Open Source Principles
The Pirate Party of Russia Endorses the United Nations Open Source Principles
Recently, the Digital Technology Network (DTN) of the UN Board of Directors adopted 8 Open Source Principles. The Pirate Party of Russia, since its inception, has advocated for openness—including open source—and international integration. Therefore, we have decided to join this important initiative, which positively impacts the development of all humanity in a broad sense.
In our decision-making, we adhere to the principles of direct electronic democracy and meta-politics. At our Congress—a body of direct governance consisting of all party members—81% voted in favor of joining this initiative.
The UN Open Source Principles consist of eight guiding principles that provide a framework for using, developing, and distributing open-source software across the entire organization:
- Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects
- Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem
- Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects
- Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions
- Design for reusability: Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems
- Provide documentation: Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers
- RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower): Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate
- Sustain and scale: Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.
We will guide our activities according to these principles and actively promote them alongside the Sustainable Development Goals and other UN initiatives. We encourage everyone to actively participate in removing boundaries, to strive towards creating and developing tools and resources for building a fairer world, to preserve existing and create new opportunities, and to remember that changes in the digital era start with pressing a single button—for example, the “Join the Pirate Party of Russia” button.
