As part of our ongoing SaveCodeshare.eu campaign, OpenForum Europe has, together with 30 other stakeholder organisations, sent an open letter to the relevant EU policymakers engaging with the Copyright Directive, in order to welcome the introduction of a workable exclusion of Free and Open Source Software from the Directive's scope. Do you wish to add your organisation to the list of ... [Continue Reading]
OFE Suggestions for Cybersecurity Act Trilogue
OpenForum Europe (OFE) appreciates and welcomes the progress made by the co-legislators in improving upon the proposal of the Commission and are pleased to see that many OFE core priorities are reflected in both the Parliament’s Report as well as the Council’s General Approach. OFE wishes to contribute to finding a timely conclusion to the negotiations through the below suggestions. On the ... [Continue Reading]
#SaveCodeshare: A Cocktail Event
This Tuesday, OFE hosted a cocktail event as part of the SaveCodeshare.eu campaign. We had inspiring interventions by GitHub, Red Hat, European DIGITAL SME Alliance and Roberto Di Cosmo at Le Grand Central in Brussels. Most importantly, however, we had an energetic audience of both open source software developers and policy wonks. In and age when digital issues are high on the political agenda, it ... [Continue Reading]
Event Concluded: OFE event on Stocktaking of Tallinn Declaration
A year ago, 32 European countries formally signed the Tallinn eGovernment Declaration – agreeing to accelerate public sector digital transformation to build a more direct and responsive public administration founded on open standards and Open Source. OpenForum Europe (OFE) welcomed the declaration with a well attended and successful event examining what the Declaration means in practice. A year ... [Continue Reading]
Saving Codeshare in the Copyright Directive
As proponents of Openness, Open Forum Europe has provided constructive and timely input over the past several months into the raging debate swirling around the proposed revision of the EU’s Copyright Directive. Our core concern has been the ‘scope-creep’ of copyrighted content to include software. Indeed, our focus now is on the potential for article 13 to undermine collaborative open source ... [Continue Reading]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 19
- Next Page »
