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Happy Open-Source Day!*

Open-Source brings so many benefits. NV Access is proud to be part of the community, from welcoming code contributions, to decreasing cost for users around the world. It's easy to see why "Open-Source First" is a popular policy for governments & companies everywhere.

(*At least in Florence, Italy - a quick search found several dates this year - Open Source not only brings innovation, but also choice!)

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The Open Source Initiative logo - a green circle with a round hole in the centre and a triangle cutout below - looking a bit like a lock. The words "Open source" below.
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@kev @patricus Open source is a design philosophy - inherently that is no more or less accessible than closed source - building a house from natural materials is no more or less wheelchair accessible than using concrete and steel, it's how they are used. One advantage of open source is that it's usually easier to contact someone to report issues (or even fix them yourself if you have the skills). There are also efforts to promote accessibility in open source: about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/04/…

How the open source development community can build more accessible software

The open source software community is built on the idea that everyone can contribute, and that includes people living with disabilities. GitLab team members share their ideas for building more accessible, open source software.
Sara Kassabian (GitLab)
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@patricus @kev have you got any published figures to back that up or are you just talking anecdotally from your own experience?

Not criticising either way, just curious. I did have a quick look and couldn't find any statistics either way on accessibility of open vs closed source. My point was that whether a program is open or closed source is not of itself related to whether it is accessible or not, but I would be interested to see any research which does exist

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