Joinup's JLA tool compares open licences via SPDX linkage. Features taxonomy for content analysis, compatibility, legal aspects, and includes searchable SPDX identifiers. It is an EC solution.
Legal
Last update: 28/05/2024
EUPL - the free/open source software licence of the European Union
The European Public Licence (EUPL), EU's OSS licence, promotes interoperability and 'share alike' use. Compatible with GPL, it offers a clear, multilingual framework for public services and businesses. It is an EC solution.
LegalReusable Software Components+3 topics
Last update: 30/10/2023
How to use the EUPL
European PoliciesLegal+2 topics
Last update: 29/11/2023
Introduction to the EUPL licence
The EUPL is the European Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) licence. It has been created on the initiative of the European Commission. It is now delivered in 23 original linguistic versions and can be...
European PoliciesLegal+4 topics
Last update: 18/10/2023
EUPL text (EUPL-1.2)
Text of the European Union Public Licence (EUPL). Version 1.2, published in Official Journal of 19 May 2017 and available in 23 official languages of the European Union (SPDX identifier EUPL-1.2)...
European PoliciesLegal+4 topics
Last update: 12/09/2023
Matrix of EUPL compatible open source licences
This is a global compatibility Matrix between all OSI-approved licenses and the EUPL. This Matrix (July 2011 - updated 2013 & 2017) is open to comments and improvements Contents Disclaimer Definitions...
Why a licence? When someone writes software, the resulting intellectual property (software and documentation) is protected by copyright law, just like a literary or artistic work. Owning the copyright...
LicensingOpen Source Software
Last update: 17/04/2024
A look into… GÉANT
GÉANT results from the collaboration of European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). The project aims to deliver an information ecosystem of infrastructure and services to advance research, education, and innovation on a global scale.The GÉANT Software Tools form a technology stack which supports the full software development life-cycle from requirements management via issue/task management to source code repository and through continuous integration and deployment service to binaries repository and production deployment. The stack includes Jira, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Sonarqube…
European PoliciesLicensingOpen Source Software
Last update: 06/04/2024
Ukraine publishes DIIA under EUPL
After a long announcement period, the Ukrainian government makes it's e-governance application Diia open-sourced under the EUPL-1.2 license. Diia is an alternative solution to the BankID and electronic government services. 42 repositories are available for code review and contribution.Diia proposes a mobile application providing access to the most important digital documents and government services, which Ukrainian citizens may now keep in their pocket.The most obvious benefit is the convenience of such a platform. Citizens can have many documents on their smartphones at once, without concern…
Demography and populationeGovernment+4 topics
Last update: 26/02/2024
Apache and EUPL
In his blog (in Spanish), Javier López Acevedo analyses the compatibility between the EUPL and the more permissive Apache license.Regarding the EUPL, nothing in Apache versions 1.1 and 2.0 prohibits relicensing a larger work under this license. In the case of version 1.1 there are certain requirements - such as the existence of certain prohibitions on the use of the "Apache" brand - but in no case are they considered restrictions added by the EUPL licensor. Specifically, they are inherited from the original Apache license.These requirements therefore do not affect the essential freedoms of the...
LicensingOpen Source Software
Last update: 02/02/2024
Open source user-friendly data protection tool
Announced on January 29, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) unveiled a website auditing tool as part of the EDPB Support Pool of Experts (SPE) initiative. This tool, available for legal and technical auditors at data protection authorities (DPAs) and controllers and processors, assesses website compliance with legal standards. Operating as Free and Open Source Software under the EUPL 1.2 License, the tool’s source code is downloadable from code.europa.eu.Addressing the need for accessibility, the EDPB designed this tool to simplify enforcement for national DPAs and compliance…
European PoliciesICTOpen Source Software
Last update: 12/01/2024
Top in Estonians E-education under EUPL
Known for the quality of their education system, Estonia provides its online E-education tool SCHOOLABY under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL). Interest of E-education was especially reinforced during the recent COVID pandemics and in case war pushes students away from their schools, as it is unfortunately the case in Ukraine, but even in normal circumstances and for various reasons (illness, trip or expatriation, lack of teachers, break due to sport competition activities etc.) it can be a precious alternative. It ensures constant readiness, also for distance learning with some…