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The EUPL is a "Legal Licence" in France
It may look strange and even quite extraordinary, but until today (December 3, 2021) the European Union Public Licence (EUPL) was not yet considered as a “Legal Licence” for use by administrations in…
NEWSCreated: 03/12/2021
Publication Office releases edition 2021 of the EUPL Guidelines
On 30 September, the Publication Office of the European Union has released the 2021 edition of the EUPL Guidelines Compared to the previous version, the new brochure is completely rewritten (shorter)…
NEWSCreated: 15/10/2021
Article from Krzysztof Żok, Faculty of Law - University of Poznań
Krzysztof Żok, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), publishes in the Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology…
NEWSCreated: 15/10/2021Are APIs copyrighted ?
On 5 April 2021, the US Supreme Court ruled a new milestone in a 10 years case opposing Oracle and Google. Google, which had taken over Android in 2005 with the ambition to develop a smartphone system…
NEWSCreated: 29/04/2021What makes the EUPL unique?
Concepts like "Open Source", "Reciprocal or permissive licence", Compatibility and Interoperability still need to be explained. Each notion has legal impact and understanding what makes a licence…
NEWSCreated: 22/12/2020New JOINUP Compatibility Checker
Presentation of the Compatibility Checker at the Joinup Users’ Group on 19/11/2020 One year ago JOINUP (the EC sharing web site) presented the JLA – Joinup Licensing Assistant https://joinup.ec.europa…
NEWSCreated: 19/11/2020A look inside the EC Open Source Software Strategy 2020-2023
On October 21st (2020), the European Commission approved and published its Open Source Software Strategy 2020-2023 that focuses on sharing and interoperability. Under the theme ‘’Think Open’’, the…
NEWSCreated: 12/11/2020German Lawyer Niklas Plutte shares OSS tips
Under the title « Open Source Software Recht: Große FAQ mit vielen Praxistipps” (in German language) the German lawyer Niklas Plutte (Rechtsanwalt) summarises the main questions related to open source…
NEWSCreated: 13/01/2020EUPL v1.2 – a Free Software Licence (FSF said)
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…
NEWSCreated: 10/08/2018This is the link to March 17 EOLE webinar (March 17, 2021 11:30 CET)
March 17th, 2021 11:30 - 13:00 CET EOLE webinar 5 : Tools for public administrations European Open Source & Free Software Law Event (EOLE) aims to promote the share and dissemination of legal…
EVENTCreated: 10/03/2021The European Industrial Property Helpdesk Annual Event 2019
In the framewok of "Go to Market" strategies, Georges Lobo, DG DIGIT, will expound the opportunities created by the EUPL, the European Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) licence created on the…
EVENTCreated: 14/11/2019