EUPL

EUPL for state software

14/01/2019

While open source software like OpenSSL appears to be the cornerstone of safe transactions on the Internet, used by millions of websites and organisations; while so many commercial companies and…

Paris Open Source Summit 2018

13/12/2018

During the recent Paris Open Source Summit on 5 December 2018, Joinup presented the draft for a new licensing assistant. More than 350 different licences are proposed to developers and users, some of…

Real time public transport!

06/11/2018

Mobility becomes a daily challenge. In Belgium, a recent evaluation has highlighted that the time wasted in traffic jam represent losses of 1,5 to 2% GDP! This is the situation Finland wants to avoid,…

EUPL applied to OpenETCS

23/08/2018

Passengers in high speed trains across Europe pay attention to the design, speed, confort and services. They may realise the growing role of a technology that is close to aeronautic standards. They…

Better late than never…

10/08/2018

It took some times for the Free Software foundation (FSF) to include the EUPL v1.2 in its “official” list of free software licences. It was done at the beginning of July (2018), while 1.2 was…

Scientific research

26/03/2018

It is often said that the EUPL was designed as a legal interoperability tool aimed at facilitating the sharing and reuse of software resources by public sector administration. While this is true,…

What's new for EUPL in 2018?

22/03/2018

The ISA² work programme 2018 has been published on 20 March 2018 ( https://ec.europa.eu/isa2/isa2_en ). ISA² is running from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2020 and supports the development of…

Sharing knowlege

03/03/2018

The World Free Software Meeting 2018 (in French RMLL for «Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre) will be held at the University of Strasbourg (France) from 7 to 12 July 2018. A prominent partner of…

EUPL for fighting crime

26/02/2018

The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Maltese Ministry of Finance as well as the UK South East Regional Cyber Crime Unit develop and share infrastructure and technology to allow them to…

Brexit and EUPL

31/01/2018

From the British licensors point of view, will the Brexit produce substantial changes on terms and conditions governed by the European Union Public Licence (EUPL)? In fact, the Brexit could have a…