[Discussioni] IDABC lancia una licenza software per il settore pubblico europeo

[Andrea Glorioso]

Ciao a tutti.

Questa  notizia mi  era assolutamente sfuggita.    Se era gia` nota mi
scuso in anticipo.

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http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/4420

IDABC unveils draft software licence

At  the annual LinuxTag fair and   conference, IDABC presented a draft
version of a  software  license that it  hopes  will encourage  public
administrations to release software applications developed by them.

The proposal, which has been given the working title EU public licence
(EUPL), was written  on  behalf of  IDABC  by the University  of Namur
following  an  in-depth study on  existing   licenses. The  report and
English and French versions of the draft licence are available on this
website.

The  presentation of the  EUPL at the IDABC  event was  the first to a
wider   public  and  marked   the   start   of a  broad   consultation
process. More than 70 participants   from across Europe attended.  The
purpose of the  license is to provide legal  certainty in the European
legislative  context by  protecting the interests   and rights of  the
owner and users of software.

Join the debate

The proposed EUPL provoked a lively debate on merits and draw-backs of
a licence for  the European public  sector. To open  this to a broader
group, IDABC  has   started  an  online discussion    forum  under the
eGovernment Observatory. IDABC welcomes  your comments \u2013 critical
or supportive \u2013 on the principle of a European licence and on the
specific wording of the draft text.


A "Government Forge" for Europe?

The  second  focus of  IDABC's event during   the LinuxTag was  on the
G(overnment)-Forges initiative, named after SourceForges, a well-known
distribution site  for open source  software  (OSS). G-Forges explores
the  possibilities  of  implementing  a   Europe-wide   networking  of
facilities for pooling public sector software. It follows work done by
the Open  Source  Observatory to make an  inventory  of  public sector
software. The purpose of the initiative is  not only to look into ways
of making  software  available  but also  to  look at  how  to provide
organisational  support  to their  development  communities. How these
should be supported was  one of the threads  of the discussions during
the   workshop which will   need  also to    be addressed in  an IDABC
feasibility study to be started at the end of the year.

More information  on the   IDABC   event at  the   LinuxTag, including
presentations and summary can be found here. The LinuxTag in Karlsruhe
is Europe's biggest Linux- and open  source software-focused event. As
in 2004, the IDABC workshop took place with  the support of the German
Federal Ministry of the Interior and the LinuxTag organisers.

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Il testo della licenza e` disponibile qui:

  http://europa.eu.int/idabc/servlets/Doc?id=21203

Suggerisco anche di leggere lo studio relativo:

  http://europa.eu.int/idabc/servlets/Doc?id=21197

E` disponibile  anche  un forum web   (ahime`!) per  discussioni sulla
licenza.

Ciao,

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