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: 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: 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: 31/05/2023
French Education Ministry licenses under EUPL
Based in Grenoble (France) the development team of the French “Ministère de l’Education Nationale” has implemented the French State Design System on the Angular development platform. The (so romantic) software name is “NgxDsfr” Licensed under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL-1.2) the software should help French Administrations (the targeted audience) to speed up application design and benefit from all interfaces to the DSFR (Système de Design de l'État Français) in the framework of Angular. What is Angular? It is a development platform, built using the TypeScript (JavaScript) language…
Digital-ready policymakingICT+3 topics
Last activity: 15/01/2024, 16:43
How could open licensing protect democracy? - The 7 pillars of Wisdom
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"…