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The use of Free/Open Source Software is growing in public administrations across Europe. What would be the potential impact on the development of the Information Society (including industry) if public organisations (administrations, research institutions, universities, agencies, public companies etc.) were to release software fully owned by them under an open source license?

 

The European Commission's DG Information Society and Media has commissioned a study to explore this impact. The OSSI team has the pleasure to communicate project results on this website.

 

If you are from a public administration and would like to obtain more information our study or be informed about future developments, please contact us. 

 

 

Final Report OSSI published

The Final report and study findings were finalised (19 April 2007) and accepted. While accepting the reports, the Commission reminds that the opinions expressed in the reports are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect  the views of the European Commission.

The finalised Study includes:

  • Final report [read...]
  • Executive summary [read...]
  • Analysis of opportunities and barriers related to the distribution of public sector software as open source [read...]
  • Presentation and analysis of case studies [read...]
  • Possible support for the deployment of Open Source [read...]
  • Guidelines for making publicly owned software available under an appropriate OSS licence [read...]
  • Report on the 28th November Workshop [read...]

 

28 November Workshop

The 28 November Workshop was attended by more than 100 participants.

agenda , presentations and minutes are available on this site 

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Objectives of the PSOSS Study

The overall objectives of this study are to address the following points and questions:

1) What would be the potential impact on the development of the Information Society if public organisations (administrations, research institutions, universities, agencies, public companies etc.) were to release software fully owned by them under an open source license?

Is an amplification effect on the adoption and use of information society technologies to be expected? What are the possible characteristics of such effect and under what circumstances would it take place?

 

2) What are the conditions under which software fully owned by public organisations can be made available using an OSS license, and to identify opportunities, barriers and limitations to this process.

 

3) What options and recommendations for actions that could be taken, notably by the European Commission, EU Member States, and the private and public sector in general.

Case Studies

Public Administrations
2006-12-14 - CommunesPlone: International mutualisation
The project CommunesPlone (www.CommunesPlone.org) results from a close collaboration between Belgian and French local governments, with the support of the Plone Open Source Community and Zea Part [...more]
Public Administrations
2006-03-21 - London Borough of Camden: public procurement of open source software development
The London Borough of Camden has been involved in developing open source software since 2001. In the past four years Camden has developed a number of projects using a combination of in house expertise [...more]
Public Administrations
2006-03-20 - Extremadura: the Open Source region
Extremadura, one of the poorest regions of Spain, is massively distributing Open Source software to achieve its e-Government goals. What is the impact of the region's strategy on information society a [...more]
Public Administrations
2006-03-19 - Five Dutch cities living with Open Source
The A7 projectAs part of an inquiry into the pragmatic applicability of Open Source solutions a Proof-of-Concept (POC) has been executed in five different municipalities located in the province Gronin [...more]
Public Administrations
2006-03-18 - City of Munich: impact of OSS choice
Case PresentationAt the general meeting of the city council on May 28 in 2003, members of various parties voted for a shift of the IT infrastructure of the municipality of the German city Munich towar [...more]

 

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