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: 13/02/2024
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: 15/01/2024
Hackathon for a Digital Justice Future
The 'Digital Future of Justice' hackathon, organised by the Council of Europe on November 18-19, 2023, brought together international participants to develop digital solutions aimed at integrating a human rights approach in justice systems. The event in Paris saw 29 participants from various countries collaborating to create tools for automating the indexing of judicial decisions. The hackathon emphasised the use of case law databases, with a notable presentation on the data.europa.eu platform. Norway's team won the competition with their innovative tool for visualising key cases from the…
LegalDigital innovation
Last update: 03/12/2023
After "OSOR turns 15"
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: 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: 15/09/2023
Comprehensive EUPL summary
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
Open Source SoftwareLicensing+2 topics
Last update: 21/07/2022
Sweden refers to EUPL and JLA
Under the title “Rekommendation om öppna licenser och immaterialrätt” (Recommendation on open licenses and intellectual property rights) the Swedish policy details the licensing options regarding the distribution or communication of both public sector data and computer source code. Regarding public sector data, the policy details the various disribution possibilities provided by the Creative Common (CC) licences: CC0, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA - adding, when appropriate, the provision "ND" (no derivatives allowed) or "NC" (no commercial use allowed). Regarding computer programs (source code and object…
SportOpen Source Software+5 topics
Last update: 13/02/2024
EUPL for French Administrations
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 France. This omission is now repaired by a Décret n° 2021-1559 of 1st December 2021 adding the EUPL as a "Legal licence" in the Code of Relationship between the Public and the Administrations (CRPA). Before this Décret, French public administrations wanting to make use of the EUPL had to justify it case by case in a long administrative process. Since the EUPL is a reciprocal licence stating that…
Open Source SoftwareLicensing+4 topics
Last update: 17/01/2022
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) and provides basic knowledge on what is open source licensing, the various models of licence and the specificity of the EUPL More information (Text of the Guidelines): https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c15c9e93-27e1-11ec-bd8e-01aa75ed71a1/language-en