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[Jürgen Wippler]

Open Source Software Strategy 2014-2017 - DIGIT
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| Open Source Software Strategy 2014-2017 - DIGITEuropean Commission - Directorate-General
for Informatics - Open Source Software Strategy 2014-2017 |
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1. The Commission shall continue to adopt formally, through the Product Management
procedure, the use of OSS technologies and products. 2. The Commission shall ensure a
level playing field for open source software and demonstrate an active and fair
consideration of using open source software – taking account of the total cost of
ownership of the solution.  3. For all future IT developments, the Commission shall
promote the use of products that support recognised, well-documented and preferably open
technical specifications that can be freely adopted, implemented and extended.
Interoperability is a critical issue for the Commission, and use of well-established
standards is a key factor to achieve it. 4. For the internal development of new
information systems, in particular where deployment is foreseen by third parties outside
the EC infrastructure, OSS shall be the preferred choice and used whenever possible. 5.
The Commission shall further clarify the legal context around the internal use of OSS and
make this clarification available to interested parties. The main topics to be addressed
include: licensing schemes, Intellectual Property Rights, equal opportunities in the
context of procurement and participation in OSS communities. 6. The Commission shall
further develop guidelines and best practices allowing the setup of OSS and mixed
solutions covering the full set of professional services, including deployment of OSS
solutions in its data centres at the same level of service as the proprietary ones. 7. The
Commission shall continue to develop and adopt best practice and tools emerging from OSS
communities while applying state-of-the-art governance practices, particularly in the
domain of security. In addition, the EC will facilitate and promote the creation of
communities for those OSS products released by the Commission and facilitate participation
in external OSS communities. 8. OSS plays an important role in e-Government projects and
shall be therefore considered within the framework of these activities. 9. The
collaboration between Commission teams in charge of the internal and external OSS
strategies shall be further enhanced in order to achieve convergence, in particular
through alignment with and reuse of validated solutions produced by the ISA programme. 10.
The ICT ecosystem is extremely dynamic, innovative, and constantly evolving; as such it
impacts many areas of the Commission's policies. Within this context, DIGIT shall
continue to play an active role in promoting partnerships focusing on OSS between the
European Institutions and other stakeholders.
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