Free and open source software in europe policies and implementations
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This document discusses the increasing adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) by European public administrations. It provides examples of FOSS implementations across different countries and sectors. Some of the benefits mentioned include cost savings, innovation, flexibility and technological independence. However, it also notes some challenges like lack of political support, vendor lock-in, restrictive procurement practices and reluctance to share source code openly. It concludes by recommending a five-step program to further promote FOSS adoption based on policies in the UK, Canary Islands, Basque Country, Munich and other cases.
Free and open source software in europe policies and implementations
- 1. Free and open source software in Europe: policies and implementations 0
- 2. Innovate & modernise To deliver innovative government solutions, Europe's public administrations to free and open source software. Innovation is the main motive, costs saving come next. The OSOR news items show that the , and enabled by open source software make it an obvious choice for public ventures. turn freedom flexibility scalability
- 3. Share It makes business sense to use open source software. All the big IT companies are doing it. But public administrations especially ought to share their software. Public administrations that invest in open source create future benefits and generate a between the public and private sector. virtuous loop
- 4. Pay it forward Public administration software is financed by taxpayers, and making it public is the best way to share the solutions with citizens and companies. Share their code and their improvements to existing code publicly, is a way to make their IT investments pay forward, and technological self- reliance into the bargain. have pooled budgets to make new software solutions possible and publicly available. Swiss, German, and French public administrations
- 5. It's public administration Source code is information. And just like other public administrative documents, it should be .publicly accessible
- 6. Croatia knows how (i) Open source streamlines pension system Croatia Open source wipes costs Croatia pension fund Software workshops attract Croatian students Croatia's president praises creative spirit of open source community Croatian government creates working group on open source and open standards Croatian president supports free software conference Cautious start for open standards in new e-government policy Open source professor honored Croatia government organises open source conference Croatia standards institute approves odf Openoffice manuals for all state employees and teachers
- 7. About this talk the big trends give lots of examples first: thanks, dorscluc about me, osor and joinup
- 8. The big trends public administrations increasingly use free and open source French Gendarmerie: "open source desktop lowers tco by 40%" “usinganopensourcedesktoplowersthetotalcost ofownershipby 40%,insavingsonproprietarysoftwarelicencesan dbyreducingcosts onitmanagement.”
- 9. the number of politicians that appreciate open source is rising new meps urge building links to open source communities JuliaRedaandMaxAndersson,newlyelectedmembers oftheeuropean parliament,wanttobuildlinkswith well-knownfr eesoftware communities.
- 10. Croatia knows how (ii) Croatia's President praises creative spirit of open source community The(former)PresidentofCroatiaIvoJosipovićapp reciatesthe creativeandinnovativespiritoftheopensourcec ommunity."Whatyou aredoingissomethinggood,creativeandinnovativ e",hewasquoted assaying,whileopeningtheCroatianLinuxUsers' Convention2013.
- 11. Public administrations use open source for everything, everywhere content management document management database applications e-government services citizen participation geo-information systems open data software development and across all sectors
- 12. open source is everywhere: in the eu's institutions European Commission to update its open source policy EU: EUR 1 million for security audit of open source EC recommends supporting open document format European Parliament releases its amendment software as open source two hundred ways to switch an ec directorate to open source open source software assists European citizens to petition the EU
- 13. open source is everywhere: in ministries Linux clusters in German finance ministry data centre French interior ministry: open source 5 to 10 times cheaper Finland's ministry of justice migrates to openoffice Polish economy ministry makes consultation site open source Spain's finance ministry offers open source email cloud service Norway local gov ministry uses open source version control system Estonian ministry saves millions by using open source
- 14. open source is everywhere: in capitals, big cities, towns and tiny villages Spanish cities , Madrid, Bilbao and BadajozZaragoza Portugal's Vieira do Minho Denmark's second-largest city Århus Dutch city of Ede towns of and Jihlava in the Czech RepublicGrygov villages of , , and many others in franceToulouse Arles Voreppe Poland's Poznan Italy's , , and towns inBologna Genoa Udine the Umbria region
- 15. open source is everywhere: across all sectors, including healthcare more and more Linux in Riga children hospital hospitals eyeing open source patient record system hospital in Porto to switch 3000 pcs to open source office suite Danish hospital: "hassle free use of odf across competing office suites" Rotterdam hospital selects open source for internal ordering system
- 16. open source is everywhere: across all sectors, including education such as a Epoptes - pc lab management tool - in over 500 greek schools or schools in andAustria Switzerland and the in the ukWestcliff high school for girls academy whsg school's network manager, malcolm moore: “thisschoolspecialisesinscienceandengineering andifour studentsaretogoontodogreatthingslikestart thenextgoogleor collapsetheuniverseatcern...theywillcertainl yneedtoknow linux.”
- 17. open source is everywhere: across all sectors, including defence open source advancing at Dutch defence ministry Polish defence ministry moving to open source email and groupware NATO makes ODF one of its mandatory standards ministry of defense to switch to Pardus GNU/Linux Russian government to invest in open source desktop
- 18. First problem: too few politicians appreciate the values of open source politicians should recognise the value of open source in terms of responsable government, sustainability, openess and independence from it vendors. they should recognise that governments using open source create future benefits. serafín olcoz yanguas, the former chief information officer of basque country “(freeandopensourcesoftware)createsavirtuous loopbetweenthe publicandprivatesector,witharecurringpublic contribution.” Research done on municipal governments in the netherlands shows: Political support and pioneers ar for open source.pivotal
- 19. Second problem: the desktop. even the ec admits it is locked-in. open office choices grip multiple languages do as i say, not as i do.
- 20. Third problem: procurement. open ict standards fundamental for small ict firms MEP Andersdotter: 'ec procurement practice blocks european firms' EC calls for use of ict standards to battle it vendor lock-in EC considering hotline for procurement errors 'discriminatory procurement specifications widespread' Openforum Europe: procurement law fails to address discriminatory practices must hear procuring software by mentioning brand names must read issues in open source procurement in the european public sector i
- 21. Fourth problem: unacustomed shy and unsure public administrations are shy when releasing their code as open source, and seem unsure about contributing to well-known open source projects. even though this was extensively researched at the ec, and there are no objections. public administrations, as system owner of a software asset, have every right to 'give away' an asset via the appropriate licensing scheme, as explained .here though many get it:
- 22. Policies on Sharing and Re-Use ISA shows:Report on Policies and Initiatives on Sharing and Re-use All EU member states address sharing and re-use About half of them have legislation by listing standards or with a policy on sharing and re-use of software
- 23. Top three most visible open source implementations 1. French Gendarmerie 72,000 ubuntu linux & libreoffice desktops majorStéphaneDumond(Gendarmerie,France):“thed irectbenefitsof savingonlicencesarethetipoftheiceberg. an industrialisedopen sourcedesktopisapowerfulleverforitgovernanc e.” French Gendarmerie: "open source desktop lowers tco by 40%"
- 24. 2. the government of Spain's Exremadura autonomous region 42,000 Ubuntu Linux desktops (target) ManuelVelardo(Cenatic,Spain):"youngciosaremo reusedtoopensourcethanolderones." issues in open source procurement in the european public sector ii update: 10,000 pcs in healthcare organisations use Lingobex Salud 22,000 pcs in government offices will use Lingobex 93,000 school pcs and laptops run Linex
- 25. 3. the city administration of Munich 14,800 Ubuntu Linux and Libreoffice desktops, now ChristianUde(mayorofMunich,Germany)meetsBill Gates. Gates:“mr.ude,whyareyoudoingthis?”. Ude:“togainfreedom.” Gates:“freedomfromwhat?” Ude:“freedomfromyou,mr.gates.” Limux - the it evolution
- 26. Five deeper examples procurement cloud services municipalities developing software together an open source culture open document format Sweden Norway Belgium France United Kingdom
- 27. Five step programme Similar to the UK: Make the use of open standards mandatory (ODF); Be serious about creating a level playing field for open source software; Make this one a task for the nation's CIO
- 28. Similar to the Canary Islands in Spain: Provide political support for the CIO; Allow him to keep in his budget the savings realised by switching to open source;
- 29. Similar to Basque Country (Spain) or Munich (Germany): Make all part fo the IT infrastructure open source; Promote diversification, create chances for local industry; Pay it forward, instead of sunk costs
- 30. Similar to the Gendarmerie (France) Open source provides leverage (when / to) suppliers; It improves IT management (reducing licence costs is the tip of the iceberg);
- 31. Similar to the city of (The Netherlands):Ede Make Firefox the mandatory standard browser;
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