Open Source Observatory (OSOR)

European Commission updates E…

24/05/2017

Adds GPL v3 to compatibility list The European Commission has updated the European Union Public Licence (EUPL). Version 1.2 has a wider coverage, making it easier to use the licence to publish…

Galicia continues promotion o…

23/05/2017

Renewed policy emphasises sharing and reuse of IT solutions The government of the autonomous region of Galicia (Spain) will continue to encourage the use of free and open source software solutions…

Swedish policy makers want en…

22/05/2017

Swedish public administrations have to get rid of IT vendor lock-in, members of parliament and key government representatives agreed at a meeting last week. Public administrations must gain the…

Volunteers tailor Ubuntu Linu…

09/05/2017

A group of British IT health care specialists have tailored the Ubuntu Linux distribution for use by the UK’s national health service (NHS) on its workstations. The alpha version of NHSbuntu was…

EIB provides EUR 25 million f…

09/05/2017

The European Investment Bank ( EIB ), the non-profit lending institution of the European Union, will provide EUR 25 million in funding to the eponymous Finnish company behind the MariaDB open-source…

Majority of towns in Wallonia…

05/05/2017

The majority (75%) of municipalities in the Walloon region of Belgium are now using open source software and services. In the region 261 cities, towns, villages and other public administrations are…