IDABC unveils draft software licence

Source: http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/4420

IDABC unveils draft software licence
IDABC@linuxTag 2005

At the annual LinuxTag fair and conference, IDABC presented a draft version of a software license
that it hopes will encourage public administrations to release software applications developed by
them.
The proposal, which has been given the working title EU public licence (EUPL), was written on
behalf of IDABC by the University of Namur following an in-depth study on existing licenses. The
report and English and French versions of the draft licence are  available on this website.

The presentation of the EUPL at the IDABC event was the first to a wider public and marked the
start of a broad consultation process. More than 70 participants from across Europe attended. The
purpose of the license is to provide legal certainty in the European legislative context by
protecting the interests and rights of the owner and users of software.

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