{"id":15081,"date":"2020-10-23T07:40:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T06:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluemind.net\/?p=7379"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:10:43","slug":"the-european-commission-adopts-its-new-open-source-software-strategy-for-2020-2023","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/www.bluemind.net\/en\/ressource\/the-european-commission-adopts-its-new-open-source-software-strategy-for-2020-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission adopts its new open source software strategy for 2020-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 21st October, the European commission approved its new <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/news\/european-commission-adopts-new-open-source-software-strategy-2020-2023-2020-oct-20_en?s=09\">open source software strategy for 2020-2023<\/a>. This is an important step towards achieving the goals of the Commission\u2019s overarching&nbsp;Digital Strategy&nbsp;and contributes to the \u201cDigital Europe\u201d programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/cnll.fr\/news\/nouvelle-strategie-commission-europeenne-logiciel-libre\/\">CNLL<\/a> \u2013 France\u2019s National Free Software Council, co-chaired by BlueMind CEO Pierre Baudracco \u2013 welcomed this announcement as it is in line with the propositions it has been making for years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>By indicating that \u201c<strong>Open-source solutions will be preferred<\/strong> when equivalent in functionalities, total cost and cybersecurity\u201d, the Commission\u2019s guidelines significantly exceed French legislation \u2013 article 16 of \u201cLemaire\u201d Law of 2016 \u2013 which merely encourages the use of open source software in French government administrations. This is consistent with a 2006 Ministry of Defence directive \u2013 fallen into oblivion, as far as we know \u2013 which advised to \u201cprefer open source software with a similar overall cost, risk and efficiency\u201d and it concurs with what we have been calling for since 2012.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In terms of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluemind.net\/en\/company-overview\/\">digital sovereignty<\/a><\/strong>, the Commission\u2019s document notes that \u201cOpen source impacts the digital autonomy of Europe. Against the hyper-scalers in the cloud, it is likely that open source can give Europe a chance to create and maintain its own, independent digital approach and stay in control of its processes, its information and its technology [\u2026]\u201d. In the last few years, the CNLL has repeatedly underlined the key role of open-source software in European economy regaining its independence against non-EU players and protecting EU jobs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Commission\u2019s opening of an \u201c<strong>Open Source Programme Office<\/strong>\u201d (OSPO) designed to \u201cguide, encourage and nudge change across the organisation\u201d is a promising step. Organisational structure is key in enabling change towards an \u201copen\u201d internal work culture, but it has to come with external network elements and be connected other OSPOs, the private sector, open-source foundations and NGOs that implement software for the public sector. We have been urging the French government to set up such a dedicated structure in order to follow through with the proper implementation of article 16 of \u201cLemaire\u201d Law.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14482,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15081","ressource","type-ressource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-newsroom-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A new open source software strategy for 2020-2023 for Europe.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BlueMind et le CNLL saluent la nouvelle strat\u00e9gie de la Commission europ\u00e9enne sur le logiciel libre pour 2020-2023\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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