Software embodies a large part of all the technical and scientific knowledge
that is being developed today.
Software Heritage will create
the largest public archive of software artifacts, which is
an essential infrastructure to grow and disseminate a universal body of knowledge.
*** Jean-Francois Abramatic (ancien directeur du W3C)
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.
*** Mike Milinkovich (Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation)
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 to preserve and protect humanity's software legacy.
*** Nenad Medvidovic (Chair, ACM Sigsoft)
Software is now present everywhere. It is a pillar of our modern societies, and the source code
of this software embodies our scientific and technological knowledge. In a word, it is our DNA.
We fully support the objective of the Software Heritage project to create a comprehensive public