Looking Towards A Future Where Software Is Controlled By The Public and Not The Other Way Round

Magiel Bruntink (1) , Jurgen Vinju (2)

1 UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam
2 ATEAMS - Analysis and Transformation based on rEliAble tool coMpositionS

Nowadays, software has a ubiquitous presence in everyday life and this phenomenon gives rise to a range of challenges that affect both individuals and society as a whole. In this article we argue that in the future, the domain of software should no longer belong to technical experts and system integrators alone. Instead it should transition to a firmly engaged public domain, similar to city planning, social welfare and security. The challenge that lies at the heart of this problem is the ability to understand, on a technical level, what all the different software actually is and what it does with our information.

Domaines: Autre [cs.OH]

Magiel Bruntink, Jurgen Vinju. Looking Towards A Future Where Software Is Controlled By The Public and Not The Other Way Round. ERCIM News, 2014, 99, pp.1. ⟨hal-01110831⟩