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LegalOpen Source Software+5 topics
Last update: 10/03/2023
Decision supporting tool on interoperability
The Decision supporting tool on interoperability (the Tool) is being developed as part of the Legal Interoperability ISA2 action, which aims to ensure that digital and interoperability aspects are considered in EU policies from their earliest stage. Upon the design of a new legislation that brings changes to existing digital environments, especially at a trans-European level, policymakers have to choose which would be the most effective and efficient approach for implementation. In this decision they may want to consider, among other aspects, the costs and benefits of including…
Digital innovationLegal+14 topics
Last update: 10/11/2023
ELI ontology for draft legislation (ELI-DL)
If you have any comments or feedbacks on the beta version of ELI-DL, please share them in this discussion topic. The ELI (European Legislation Identifier) ontology for draft legislation (abbreviated ELI-DL) is an extension of the core ELI ontology that gives a formal data model to disseminate structured data about legislative projects. In particular it enables the structured annotation of existing web pages (using RDFa or JSON-LD) in order to turn their information into machine-readable data. The aim is to support the following use-cases : easier and earlier data exchange between legal…
LegaleGovernment+2 topics
Last update: 13/02/2024
Joinup Licensing Assistant
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: 26/04/2024
LEOS - Open Source software for editing legislation
LEOS is a web tool to support the legislative drafting in the EU with online collaboration, version control, and co-editing. It utilises Akoma Ntoso XML schema. It is an EC solution.
LegalOpen Source Software
Last update: 19/03/2024
The Interoperable Europe Act is adopted
We've been talking about the upcoming Interoperable Europe Act for a long time. As a reminder, the Commission's proposal for a regulation was published on 18/11/2022 (EURLEX). Now, the proposal with certain amendments from the Council and Parliament has been adopted by these two co-legislators. Finally, the regulation will enter into force when it is published in the "Official Journal of the European Union" around mid-April.So stay tuned!
European PoliciesLegal
Last update: 30/01/2024
Interoperable Europe Act proposal and NIFO
The legislative journey of the Interoperable Europe Act proposalOn 18 November 2023, the European Parliament and the presidency of the Council, held by Spain until December 2023, have reached a provisional agreement on the proposed legislation regarding measures on a high level of public sector interoperability across the EU, commonly known as the Interoperable Europe Act. The deal has come almost one year after the adoption of the proposal by the European Commission. The proposal follows Member States’ call to strengthen European interoperability cooperation and digital transformation more…
The OSOR turns 15 celebration (21 November 2023) gave speakers the opportunity to highlight the role of Digital Commons in implementing a user centric vision: supporting the rule of law, inclusion, transparency, accountability and collaboration. Ultimately four words summarize all that quite well: “People and rights first”!The advent of the digital era served as driving force for the adoption of major EU legal instruments. After initial directives, we welcome regulations in various fields (PSI, Data, GDPR, SDGR, AI and very soon the Interoperable Europe Act).But knowing that the "open"…
European PoliciesLegal+3 topics
Last update: 26/06/2023
Accepting open source contributions from third-party developers
The guidelines in code.europa.eu for Commission-built open source software projects have been updated with additional recommendations regarding the steps to be followed when accepting and managing contributions from third-party developers. The new guidelines are written by the Commission IP Service (CIPS, at JRC) and the European Commission’s Open Source Programme Office (OSPO, at DG DIGIT). It is a response to requests from project managers with projects on code.europa.eu - the development platform for open source projects by the institutions of the European Union. When working on the new…
CollaborationLegal+2 topics
Last update: 13/06/2023
EUPL includes a DCO. Why?
Managing software copyright may be a difficult exercise, especially when it is produced from multiple sources and authors as it is frequent in Open Source projects. More generally, when a project is initiated, authors try to implement some project governance and to determine who the project leader and copyright owner is. This may be done through a CAA (Copyright Assignment Agreement) or by a CLA (Copyright Licensing Agreement) or be ruled by the outbound licence itself. Other stakeholders propose a simpler DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin). A CAA is a legal document (a contract on paper or...
LegalLicensingOpen Source Software
Last update: 24/04/2023
The EU Academy platform in a nutshell!
The European Union recently launched the EU Academy, a corporate e-learning platform for external stakeholders. The success of the platform has managed to exceed all expectations, since to date, over 350,000 learners from over 190 countries have enrolled in the more than 1,000 content items available in the platform, making it the biggest MOODLE platform in the world. The EU Academy team expects to hit the milestone of 1,000,000 enrolments in 2023! The EU Academy is the EU’s online hub for e-learning. It contains first-hand knowledge, high quality educational resources and valuable insights…
The E – Scolarship Community Encyclopedia is a user-generated content collection platform for researchers with additional contributions published on scientific websites by competent experts. It focuses on scientific topics and concepts, including Mathematics and Computer Science. Sourced from HandWiki (itself widely sourced from Wikipedia), the Encyclopedia publish a comprehensive condensé on the European Union Public Licence (EUPL): history, Comparison to Other Open Source/Free Software Licences, Versions and Member States Policies. More information on: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/28840