Publication

Interoperable Europe Academy released a new, free online course entitled “Introduction to open software licenses,” which covers the basics of open source licensing. The class targets IT professionals, policymakers and public servants working in the field of digitalisation and integration of public services who wish to better understand and apply OS licences in their ICT products and solutions. The lesson offers an interactive learning environment and should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

OSOR published a new case study on Mancomún, an initiative of the Galician Government, launched in 2006, to encourage and facilitate the use of free and open source software (FOSS) in Galicia.This study aims to investigate the origin and evolution of Mancomún and its progress toward its aims.

The OSOR team has just released the update on the report concerning the state of open source in Germany. It highlights the recent drive for greater employment of open source at the federal level. Through initiatives like the establishment of ZenDiS, a structure resembling an OSPO, and the progress made in creating a sovereign cloud, you will gain insights into one of the vanguards of open source policy in the EU.

From our experience in interacting with public administrations and approaching the topic of data-driven decision-making, we have observed certain obstacles which may hinder the developments of data analytics. This article reflects on practices in the Maldives and the importance of focusing on 'usable' data.

The OSOR team has just published the report on the state of open source in Japan. Through regional intergovernmental collaboration, grassroots initiatives spreading across prefectures, and support to secure the software supply chain, this report showcases inspiring initiatives throughout Japan. While demonstrating similarities and differences to European approaches, Japan exhibits a significant investment in the open-source realm. You can also find a user-friendly factsheet summarising these findings.

The OSOR team just published the updated report on the state of Open Source in France. It describes the important advances and policy set up by the Dinum and its Free software Unit. In this report, you can read about the creation and responsibilities of the Free Software council and the 2021 Open Source Software and Digital Commons Action Plan. The report also includes the latest local initiatives and a list of actors who are active at the associative and governmental level in the use of open source. You can also find the factsheet summarizing these findings in a user-friendly way.

Owlyshield is malware detection software for GNU/Linux and Windows systems. It finds malware activity in real-time by monitoring file system activity and by using machine learning to detect vulnerability exploitation. For the technical details: for both platforms, it combines a kernel module and a user-space module. Released under the EUPL.

The OSOR team also published the updated report on the state of Open Source in Poland. In this report, you can read about the new role of the ministry of Digital affairs and the efforts of civil society towards the use of open source. The report also includes the latest local initiatives and a list of actors who are active at the associative and governmental level in the use of open source. You can also find the factsheet summarizing these findings in a user-friendly way.

The OSOR team just published the updated report on the state of Open Source in Sweden. It describes the important advances and policy changes related to digitalisation in the country. In this report, you can read about the advancement of the work of the Agency of Digital Government (DIGG). The report also includes the latest local initiatives and a list of actors who are active at the associative and governmental level in the use of open source. You can also find the factsheet summarizing these findings in a user-friendly way.

The OSOR team just published the updated report on the state of Open Source in Czechia.It describes the important advances and policy changes related to digitalisation in the country. In this report, you can read about the new digitalisation agency that was created to revamp this process at national level. The report also includes the latest local initiatives and a list of actors who are active at the associative and governmental level in the use of open source. You can also find the factsheet summarizing these findings in a user-friendly way.

"This chapter discusses the Open Source Program Office (‘OSPO’). OSPO’s have become de rigeur through 2020 and many organisations wonder how they benefit from starting one — and, perhaps why they should invest in one, especially when they are already consuming open source software. The chapter considers the advantage of engaging with an OSPO, its history and origins, and an OPSO’s impacts on an organisation. It argues that the biggest reason to do so is to proactively drive product/service intention and strategy, which also happens to be the biggest benefit of engaging with open source projects. Proactively driving product/service strategy tends to speed time to market, providing a competitive advantage."

"This paper presents the state of play, rationale and context of the emergence of Open Source Program Offices in the public sector observed in the last couple of years. It is published jointly by OpenForum Europe and the OSPO Alliance that hosts OSPO.Zone, an open experience-sharing platform to facilitate discovery of tools and best practices in Open Source software management."

Interoperable Europe Act proposal for digital-ready policymaking

Ask any IT professional and they will tell you: There is no such thing as absolute security in computing. This is clearly backed up by a seemingly constant line of security breaches, data heists and the hotfixes released to correct them which we see reported on our newsfeeds.

A novelty in this year’s factsheets is the use of a new template, providing streamlined information concerning the legal frameworks, strategies and infrastructure in place to support the Digital Government activities in each country. This has been done to reflect the ongoing paradigm shift from the concept of eGovernment to the broader one of Digital Government.

The Taiwanese model, in which policies require that documents generated by office productivity tools truly adhere to the ODF standard, can serve as an example to EU governments. It proves the strong relation there is between interoperability, open standards and open-source software.

The Taiwanese model, in which policies require that documents generated by office productivity tools truly adhere to the ODF standard, can serve as an example to EU governments. It proves the strong relation there is between interoperability, open standards and open-source software.

The Taiwanese model, in which policies require that documents generated by office productivity tools truly adhere to the ODF standard, can serve as an example to EU governments. It proves the strong relation there is between interoperability, open standards and open-source software.

The aim of the collection is to provide a single point of contact in Joinup for all the solutions shared by the Barcelona city council that are related to open source and that can be used not only by public administrations, but also by all the other users that are interested.

OpenEuropa is a Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) initiative aiming at strengthening the adoption of Open Source tools and practices in consolidating the European Institutions web presence.