EUPL.IT

La EUPL per legge. Questa l’idea messa in atto dal governo spagnolo tramite il Regio Decreto n. 4/2010 dell’8 gennaio 2010, nel quale viene affrontato il tema della distribuzione del software libero (open source) nelle politiche di riuso a vantaggio della pubblica amministrazione spagnola, al fine di favorire l’interoperabilità dei servizi di eGovernment a livello nazionale (National Interoperability Framework).

Come segnalatomi per e-mail da Patrice-Emmanuel Schitz,

La Spagna è il primo Stato Membro a prescrivere formalmente la EUPL nel quadro nazionale per l’interoperabilità.

Infatti, prosegue Schmitz, il Regio Decreto Spagnolo n. 4/2010, all’art. 16.3, incoraggia la distribuzione nei termini della Licenza Pubblica dell’Unione europea (EUPL) qualora le pubbliche amministrazioni producano software che potrebbero essere oggetto di riuso.

Un approfondimento è disponibile sul sito dell’OSOR.EU, nell’articolo “Impact of the Spanish Royal Decree 4/2010 of 8 January 2010“, ove si precisa, sin dall’abstract, che tale decreto

“(…) implements the National Interoperability Framework planned in the eGovernment Law 11/2007. The framework has been developed with the participation of all Public Administrations (General State, Regional and Local governments – represented by one hundred experts) and of the ICT Industry professional associations. The Decree includes important provisions, especially Articles 16 and 17 related to the reuse of Public Sector software, the applicable licensing condition and the use of software repositories or forges”.

Per far comprendere meglio la portata innovativa del provedimento legislativo in esame, oltre a rinviare alla lettura integrale dell’articolo sopra richiamato, riporto di seguito l’intero art. 16 (nella sua versione inglese), al cui terzo comma v’è espressa indicazione della EUPL:

CHAPTER VIII
Reuse and technology transfer
Article 16. Applicable licensing conditions.

1. In the licensing conditions of the applications and related documentation and of other information objects of which Public Administration are holders of intellectual property rights and that can be made available for other Public Administrations and for the citizens, without return or necessity of agreement will take into account that the aim to pursue is the use and the reuse, as well as the protection against its exclusive appropriation by a third party, in conditions when the transferor is relieved from the responsibility because of the possible misuse by the transferee and also from the obligation of the technical assistance or the maintenance by the transferor, or compensation in case of errors in the application.

2. For the applications declared as open source, administrations will use licences which assure that shared programmes, data or information:
a) Can be executed for any purpose.
b) Let its source code be known.
c) Can be modified or improved.
d) Can be redistributed to other users with or without changes if the derived work keeps these four guarantees.

3. For this aim the application of the European Union Public Licence will be procured, without prejudice of other licences that can guarantee the same rights stated in the paragraphs 1 and 2.

Fabio Bravo
www.fabiobravo.it
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