The European Commission will expand the use of free software
The European Commission has published an updated strategy for the internal use of free software . This organization is already actively implementing open source software in various IT sectors within its structures, but now the value of Open Source will grow even more.
The new strategy places a special emphasis on the selection of open source software for tenders, participation in free projects, as well as publishing more source code under a free license from the one created in the European Commission itself.
Regarding participation in tenders, officials demand to apply the principle of equality. This means that free projects and proprietary software must be treated on an equal basis. In both cases, only objective parameters are taken into account: the total cost of ownership, including the cost of abandoning this software.
Regarding participation in public projects, it is said that the committees of the European Commission will increase their activity and help the community develop software that is used by the European Commission itself.
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In addition, developers of the department will undergo special training and receive advice on legal issues of how to work with copyleft. In other words, they will know for sure that when using such a code they should publish their programs also under a free license.
The use of open source software in EU structures is shown in the diagram. As we see, in 2014, direct involvement in community life was added to open source software in infrastructure projects, utilities, and development, sending the generated code back to the main project.
As reported, the code developed in the European Commission will be published on the Joinup platform under the license of the European Union Public License ( EUPL ).
The new strategy places a special emphasis on the selection of open source software for tenders, participation in free projects, as well as publishing more source code under a free license from the one created in the European Commission itself.
Regarding participation in tenders, officials demand to apply the principle of equality. This means that free projects and proprietary software must be treated on an equal basis. In both cases, only objective parameters are taken into account: the total cost of ownership, including the cost of abandoning this software.
Regarding participation in public projects, it is said that the committees of the European Commission will increase their activity and help the community develop software that is used by the European Commission itself.
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In addition, developers of the department will undergo special training and receive advice on legal issues of how to work with copyleft. In other words, they will know for sure that when using such a code they should publish their programs also under a free license.
The use of open source software in EU structures is shown in the diagram. As we see, in 2014, direct involvement in community life was added to open source software in infrastructure projects, utilities, and development, sending the generated code back to the main project.
As reported, the code developed in the European Commission will be published on the Joinup platform under the license of the European Union Public License ( EUPL ).
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/357510/
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