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Up one levelMatija Šuklje, coordinator of the FSFE Fellowship group Slovenia analyses the licence
Matija Šuklje, founder and coordinator of the FSFE Fellowship group Slovenia analyses the EUPL licence in the Linux Magazine
The EU open source license allows for easy licensing of open source software under an EU legal framework, said Neelie Kroes, EC Vice President
The EUPL allows for easy licensing of open source software under an EU legal framework, said Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda Commissioner, in her 12 July Youtube broadcasted speech
The Government of Malta distributes OSS government solutions under the European Union Public Licence
The 1st June 2010 directive of the Government of Malta enables, where appropriate, the distribution of its public sector software under the EUPL.
Recommended licence in Spanish Royal Decree 4/2010 of 8 January 2010
On 8 January 2010, Spain has adopted the Royal Decree 4/2010 which implements the National Interoperability Framework planned in the eGovernment Law 11/2007. The framework has been developed with the participation of all Public Administrations (General State, Regional and Local governments - represented by one hundred experts) and of the ICT Industry professional associations. It provides that the EUPL will be provided for public sector software distribution. The Decree includes important provisions, especially Articles 16 and 17 related to the reuse of Public Sector software, the applicable licensing condition and the use of software repositories or forges.
Thinking on interoperability echoed on "OSS Watch"
Increasing interoperability between a circle of copyleft licences could be a progress, helping to solve incompatibility issues due to FLOSS license proliferation. the UK educational Web site OSS watch publishes the English version of our OSOR post.
2010 - Menaces sur le Copyleft
Dans cet article (en français), P-E. Schmitz revient sur le manque d'interopérabilité entre licences copyleft, expliquant les menaces actuelles et potentielles que cela représente pour l'image et la durabilité du logiciel libre.
Did you know that a web site is dedicated to the EUPL in Italy?
Prof. Flavio Bravo (University of Bologna) is maintaining a new web site dedicated to the EUPL (in Italian). The address? Simply www.EUPL.it !
Licence Proliferation - The way out ?
Free / Open Source Software license proliferation has gone so far that companies are patenting proprietary software to solve it in the case of multi-source development process. Could copyleft license interoperability focus the F/OSS world on a handful of compatible provisions, relacing a culture of mutual exclusion by a culture of collaboration?
European OpenSource & Free Software Event (2009)
EOLE, the European OpenSource & Free Software Law Event (EOLE 2009) has taken place at the European Parliament – Brussels on 9 December 2009.
Is the European Union Public Licence "Just another open source licence?"
Giovanni Battista Gallus comments EUPL Is the European Union Public Licence "Just another open source licence?" Giovanni Battista Gallus discussed the EUPL at the "Software Freedom Kosova Conference 2009" on 29 August 2009. Starting with the question "just another open source licence?", he explores the need of a multi-lingual, interoperable license for software and for other domains of knowledge.
