Category Archives: IDABC

IDABC stands for Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens.

Will GPL die at European administration now that European Union Public Licence (EUPL) is available in 22 languages?

Posted on February 2, 2008 by Abdelkrim

A small disclaimer This post is based on my understanding of legal discussions. As I’m not a lawyer I already ask you to forgive me for the mistakes. It is clear that this post will be updated depending on the … Continue reading →

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Will GPL die at European administration now that EUPL is available?

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Abdelkrim

For the first time an Open Source Public Licence will have the power of law. The European Union Public Licence (EUPL) has been published the 9 January 2007. The licence is currently translated into the 21 European Union languages, the … Continue reading →

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First ever Open Source licence translated into 21 EU languages!

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Abdelkrim

European Union Public Licence v1.0 (EUPL) is almost localised in 27 languages! Already 23 are available but not published already. EUPL is a European Commission (EC) Open Source licence aimed to allow (at least) the EC to release Open Source … Continue reading →

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Open Source Observatory and Repository meets QualiPSo project

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Abdelkrim

Open Source Observatory and Repository project (OSOR), an European Commission IDABC initiative meets some QualiPSo members. The aim of this meeting was to try to find synergies between two European Commission projects: OSOR that will (i) setup an open source … Continue reading →

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