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Joinup Licensing Assistant
As from June 2019, Joinup proposes a new solution: the JLA, a unique tool allowing everyone to compare and select open licences based on their content. The JLA is linked to SPDX (for Software Package…
SOLUTIONCreated: 06/11/2018
The German Federal Development Portal
The German Federal IT Cooperation (FITKO) develops the Federal Development Portal as a part of the IT Planning Council project “FIT-Connect the Federal”. This portal (source code licensed under the…
NEWSCreated: 01/06/2022
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: 15/10/2021
Are 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: 29/04/2021
What 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: 22/12/2020
New 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: 19/11/2020
A 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: 12/11/2020
More BRIS interconnections under EUPL
Business registers keep information on companies, including their legal form, seat, legal representatives and annual accounts, and make this information available to the public. Since businesses are…
NEWSCreated: 26/02/2020
German 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: 13/01/2020
EUPL survey
EU Fossa program improves software security by supporting code correction. One of the best-known products that has been patched by the Fossa program is VLC media player. In addition, other well-known…
NEWSCreated: 06/09/2019