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<title>EU: Digital sovereignty & Interoperability. What about the role of Free Software?</title>
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<title>Sovereign workspace openDesk: German Ministry of the Interior provides answers</title>
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<h1>EU: Digital sovereignty & Interoperability. What about the role of Free Software?</h1>
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<h1>Sovereign workspace openDesk: German Ministry of the Interior provides answers</h1>
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<p>Speaking about Digital Public Infrastructures last week, EU
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Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pointed out that "the trick
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is to build public digital infrastructure that is interoperable, open
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to all and trusted". What exactly does this mean? What is required to
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achieve such an accessible digital infrastructure that can help foster
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innovation and allow cooperation on a global scale? What role does Free
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Software play in such ambition?</p>
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<p>The German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the public IT
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service provider Dataport are working on administrative workspaces to
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enable digital sovereignty. But are both products Free Software? How
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are they related? We asked the BMI and publish the answers here.</p>
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<figure class="no-border">
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<img
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src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/3c/b8/cafe70a1f15a50273e5ce6e053cc.jpg"
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alt="Map of the world interconnected" />
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src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/80/55/3fc43813d932a3a95f7a233e2f76.png"
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alt="Image showing a computer with the dphoenix suit on it" />
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</figure>
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<p>In June, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) sent a catalogue
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of questions to the BMI about its “Sovereign Workspace” project. <a href="/news/2023/news-20230606-01.html">Our
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questions</a> covered the relationship between the BMI workspace and Dataport's
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dPhoenixSuite, the funding of both projects, and the availability of
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their respective source code.</p>
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<p>At the G20 summit 2023 in New Delhi, EU Commission President Ursula
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von der Leyen has called the attention of the world to <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_23_4424">recognise the
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importance of building a digital public infrastructure that is open to
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everybody, that is interoperable and that connects us with one
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another</a>. However, in order to understand what is behind this statement, it is
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important to take a look at how the values of openness, digital
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sovereignty and interoperability have guided the latest EU digital
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policies.</p>
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<h3>New developments: openDesk code available, dPhoenixSuite still
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proprietary</h3>
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<p>Over the last years, the EU has witnessed the emergence of an EU
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discourse that highlights the need to strengthen the EU digital
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sovereignty. Since the beginning of her candidature, EU Commission
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President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged “technological sovereignty”
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as one of her key priorities in the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_19_5542/IP_19_5542_EN.pdf">ongoing
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digital strategy of Europe(pdf)</a>. This has guided the EU in its
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ambition <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2020-02/communication-shaping-europes-digital-future-feb2020_en_4.pdf">to
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reduce dependencies on technology and to assure that such technology
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empowers people (pdf)</a>.</p>
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<p>Some weeks later, the BMI released the first source
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code of its workspace suite as Free Software on openCoDE, the code
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repository for public administration. According to extensive
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documentation, the release is an alpha version, with the first
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operational release planned for later this year. The documentation
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states that the suite will be released entirely under Free Software
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licences and will include modules such as Univention Corporate Server,
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Collabora Online, Nextcloud, OpenProject, XWiki, Jitsi and the Matrix
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client Element. Extensibility through new and alternative modules is
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planned. The suite was renamed "openDesk" a few weeks ago. As of 2024,
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the coordination and management of openDesk will be completely handed
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over to the Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS GmbH). ZenDiS was
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founded at the end of 2022 to bundle the German government's digital
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sovereignty initiatives, and is fully state-owned.</p>
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<p>With a common vision of the EU in 2030 – <a href="https://eufordigital.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2030-Digital-Compass-the-European-way-for-the-Digital-Decade.pdf">the
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2030 Digital compass</a> has started to move Europe forward towards
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more digital sovereignty “in an interconnected world by building and
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deploying technological capabilities in a way that empowers people and
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businesses to seize the potential of the digital transformation, and
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helps build a healthier and greener society".</p>
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<p>In contrast, Dataport has not yet released the source code for its
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workspace suite. The dPhoenixSuite contains numerous Free Software
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components and is advertised as "open source", "based on open source"
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and "digitally sovereign". This gives the false impression that
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dPhoenixSuite is Free Software. Dataport has not yet taken any steps to
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correct this impression or to actually make the suite available as Free
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Software.</p>
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<h3>Digital sovereignty and Free Software</h3>
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<p>In an era of increasing digitalisation, the core values of openness, accessibility, and
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trustworthiness must lead the way. A crucial aspect of the
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modernisation of our digital infrastructure is to ensure digital
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sovereignty.</p>
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<h3>BMI: Dataport collaborates intensively on openDesk</h3>
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<p>As stated by the European Commission in its Communication <a
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href="https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2020-02/communication-shaping-europes-digital-future-feb2020_en_4.pdf">“Shaping
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Europe Digital Future”(pdf)</a>: “European technological Sovereignty
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starts from ensuring the integrity and resilience of our data
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infrastructure, networks and communications. It requires creating the
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right conditions for Europe to develop and deploy its own key
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capacities, thereby reducing our dependency on other parts of the globe
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for the most crucial technologies. Europe's ability to define its own
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rules and values in the digital age will be reinforced by such
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capacities.”</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, FSFE has received the BMI's response to our
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questions. The answers clarify that Dataport
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plays an important role in the development of openDesk, especially in
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the architectural design and operational development of the product,
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and receives public funding from the BMI for this. For 2023 alone, the
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BMI has earmarked 21.6 million euros for openDesk. However, it remains
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unclear what proportion of this funding is passed on to Dataport. There
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is also a lack of transparency about how much of the funding will
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actually go to the companies driving the development and integration of
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the modules used in openDesk.</p>
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<p>In this regard, Free Software serves as an enhancer for governments and public
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institutions to build and maintain their digital systems without vendor
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lock-in, ensuring long-term control, cost-efficiency, and digital
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sovereignty. Moreover, it fosters innovation by allowing collaborative
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contributions resulting in robust and secure software that can be
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customized to meet specific public needs. By embracing Free Software,
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potential vulnerabilities in such digital public infrastructure can be
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easier identified and fixed while it promotes equitable access to
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technology, and reinforces the fundamental democratic principles of
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accountability and citizen engagement.</p>
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<p>According to the BMI, there are overlaps between openDesk and the
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older dPhoenixSuite, which has mainly influenced the architecture of
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openDesk. However, the Ministry emphasises the independence of its
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openDesk suite: "The Sovereign Workspace is building its own
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architecture. [...] The Sovereign Workspace is an independent project.
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[…] To what extent Dataport aligns its dPhoenixSuite with it is up to
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Dataport". The BMI does not disclose to what extent dPhoenix code has
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been incorporated into openDesk. The Ministry states that it did not
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influence Dataport to make the dPhoenixSuite available as Free
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Software.</p>
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<p>This promotes a self-reliant approach to technology, empowering the EU to shape its digital future
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in alignment with its values, regulations, and strategic interests,
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while fostering a more competitive and technologically independent
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European digital landscape.</p>
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<p><a href="https://download.fsfe.org/policy/Dataport_BMI_answers.pdf">The full BMI response can be found here</a>.</p>
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<p>As EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn has clearly stated “digitalisation cannot be seen in isolation” and “the
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force of good” - Free Software - has also the potential to ensure the
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proper use of public money, promote freedom of choice while guiding the
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EU and the world in the efforts of <a href="https://youtu.be/h3SK96jLTSU?feature=shared">achieving a sovereign digital
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infrastructure</a>.</p>
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<h3>Dataport must take a stand</h3>
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<h3>Interoperability and Free Software</h3>
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<p>Interoperability has
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also played an important role in the digital efforts of an EU more
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interconnected, open and sovereign. In order to be able to have
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information systems and devices that work seamlessly together, a
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critical infrastructure is needed, and Free Software together with Open
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Standards play a fundamental role in these efforts.</p>
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<p>So far, when asked about the dPhoenixSuite code, Dataport has referred to the source code of the
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included modules and to the BMI's openDesk project. The BMI's answers
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make it clear once again: Despite some similarities and organisational
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entanglements, dPhoenixSuite and openDesk are two different products.
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Dataport can no longer shift the responsibility for releasing its own
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source code onto the BMI, but must take a stand: if the dPhoenixSuite
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is to be a digitally sovereign workspace for public administrations,
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then Dataport should finally make the complete dPhoenix code available
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under a Free Software licence, ideally compliant with the openDesk
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reference implementation and not as a competing product.</p>
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<p>With projects such as <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/informatics/eu-fossa-2-free-and-open-source-software-auditing_en">“FOSSA” and “FOSSA2”</a>
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with the goal to increase the security and integrity of the Free
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Software used by European Institutions, <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/isa2/awards_en">“ISA”and “ISA2”</a>
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aiming to strengthening
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interoperability across borders and sectors, as well as <a href="/news/2020/news-20201023-01.html">the latest EU
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Open Source Strategy</a> and the further <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=C(2021)8759">“Commission decision on the Open Source licensing and reuse of
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Commission software”</a>, Europe has slowly and ambitiously laying the foundation for a digitalisation that realises the role of Free Software. However, ahead,
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there is still <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB9Wga-AaHk">a long way to effectively bring such efforts into
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practice</a>, so that this can be translated into solutions to real-life problems.</p>
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<p>However, BMI's response also contains a reference to possible
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proprietary components of the dPhoenixSuite. If Dataport continues with
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its proprietary strategy, and if the suite does contain proprietary
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code, it should no longer be advertised with the misleading terms
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"digitally sovereign" and "open source". In this case, Dataport should
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also correct the previous misleading communication by stating on its
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website that the suite is not Free Software to avoid any impression of
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open-washing.</p>
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<p>As EU Commission President von der Leyen has highlighted during her
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statement at the G20 summit, the success of the <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en">COVID19 digital
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certificate in the EU</a> is a clear and practical example of what it is needed to tackle a
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global crisis in the most efficient way: Free Software. Free Software
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allowed a secure and transparent solution and also laid the groundwork
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for the interoperability that was needed in such global crisis by
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showing how collaboration can thrive a global solution.</p>
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<h3>openDesk needs transparency and efficiency</h3>
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<p>Regarding the openDesk workspace, its funding and its links to the dPhoenixSuite, the
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BMI's answers only partially provide the necessary transparency.
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However, the publication of the openDesk code and its open development
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on openCoDE are important steps in the right direction. The
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documentation and announcements about the future of the openDesk
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project also give reason for cautious optimism that a fully-fledged
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Free Software workspace for administrations might soon be
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available.</p>
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<p>In the future, the BMI and ZenDiS should not only manage the
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development of openDesk transparently, but also make the governance of
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the project transparent and understandable to the public – a
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prerequisite for openDesk to gain trust and acceptance in public
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administrations.</p>
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<p><strong>Transparency is also the only way to ensure that public funds for
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openDesk are used efficiently and actually contribute to the
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development of Free Software. The FSFE has recently <a href="/news/2023/news-20230829-01.html">called on the
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German government to increase funding for Free Software instead of
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cutting it</a>, as is
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currently planned in the 2024 budget. Since openDesk is a major digital
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sovereignty project of this legislative period, there should be more
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budget for it, and that money should be used for actual Free Software
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development, feature implementation, maintenance, and integration of
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the modules. The BMI must finally make the organisational development
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of ZenDiS a priority and thereby secure Free Software projects for
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public administration in the long term.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The FSFE will continue to monitor developments around openDesk and
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the dPhoenixSuite. If you have any relevant information, you're welcome
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to <a href="/about/contact.html">share it with us</a>.</strong></p>
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<h3>EU about to take a landmark decision</h3>
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<p>With the current
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Interoperable Europe Act, the EU has already noted upon the need to
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create a dedicated legal framework that can pave the way of an
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interoperable digital landscape and is about <a href="/news/2023/news-20230323-02.html">to take a step ahead
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towards a more sovereign and interoperable Europe</a>. Once finalised, the
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proper implementation of this Act within member states is of paramount
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importance to attain its full potential in fostering a unified and
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harmonised digital environment across the European Union as well as to
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amend the shortcomings that the final text might have when it comes to
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realising the potential that Free Software has to offer for a more
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interoperable Europe.</p>
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<p>Ahead, there is the opportunity to assure a proper implementation of
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this and other digital policies which will help to more clearly define
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what Europe means with digital sovereignty and interoperability. It is
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time to underlying the fundamental role that Free Software and its
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community can play in the digitalisation of Europe.</p>
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<h3>Summary </h3>
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<p>The EU has started to recognise the important role that Free
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Software can play in the ambitious efforts of a more sovereign and
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interoperable digital infrastructure in Europe. It has started to come
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clear that Free Software can be a cornerstone of the EU's digital
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policies aimed at enhancing digital sovereignty and interoperability.
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By embracing Free Software, the EU can assert greater control over its
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digital infrastructure, promote interoperability, spend taxpayers money
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efficiently, improve security and privacy, foster innovation, and
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collaborate with partners globally, ultimately leading to a more
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self-reliant and digitally resilient European Union.</p>
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<p>Yet a decisive period ahead is the implementation in Member States of the some of
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these digital policies that have come as a result of the ongoing
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digital agenda and which will be decisive to ensure that Europe
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achieves a sovereign and interoperable digital landscape.</p>
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<h3>Free Software and "Public Money? Public Code!”</h3> <p>Free
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Software gives everyone the right to use, study, share, and improve
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applications for any purpose. These freedoms ensure that similar
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applications do not have to be programmed from scratch every time and,
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thanks to transparent processes, others do not have to reinvent the
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wheel. In large projects, expertise and costs can be shared and
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applications paid for by the general public are available to all. This
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promotes innovation and saves taxpayers money in the medium to long
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term. Dependencies on vendors are minimised and security issues can be
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fixed more easily. The Free Software Foundation Europe, together with
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over 200 organisations and administrations, is therefore calling for
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“Public Money? Public Code!” - If it is public money, it should be
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public code as well. More information on the initiative is available on
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the <a href="https://publiccode.eu/">“Public Money? Public Code!” website</a>.</p>
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<tag key="front-page" />
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<tag key="european-union">European Union</tag>
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<tag key="policy">European Public Policy</tag>
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<tag key="IEA">Interoperable Europe Act</tag>
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<tag key="de">Germany</tag>
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<tag key="pmpc">Public Money? Public Code!</tag>
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</tags>
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<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1075"/>
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<h1>Souveräner Arbeitsplatz openDesk: Bundesministerium des Inneren gibt Auskunf</h1>
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<p>Das deutsche Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI) und
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der öffentliche IT-Dienstleister Dataport arbeiten an
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Verwaltungs-Arbeitsumgebungen, die digitale Souveränität ermöglichen
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sollen. Doch sind beide Produkte Freie Software? Wie hängen sie
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zusammen? Wir haben beim BMI nachgefragt und veröffentlichen hier die
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Antworten.</p>
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<img
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alt="Image showing a computer with the dphoenix suit on it" />
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</figure>
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<p>Im Juni hatte die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) dem BMI einen
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Fragenkatalog zu dessen „Souveränem Arbeitsplatz“ übersendet. <a href="/news/2023/news-20230606-01.html">Unsere
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Fragen</a> thematisierten das Verhältnis des BMI-Arbeitsplatzes zur
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dPhoenixSuite der norddeutschen Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts Dataport,
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die Finanzierung beider Projekte und die Verfügbarkeit der jeweiligen
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Quellcodes.
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.</p>
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<h3>Neue Entwicklungen: openDesk-Code verfügbar, dPhoenixSuite nach wie vor proprietär</h3>
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<p>Einige Wochen später veröffentlichte das BMI den ersten Quellcode
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seiner Arbeitsplatz-Suite als Freie Software auf openCoDE, dem
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Code-Repository der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Der umfangreichen
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Dokumentation zufolge handelt es sich bei der Veröffentlichung um eine
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Alpha-Version, während das erste einsatzfähige Release noch in diesem
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Jahr geplant ist. In der Dokumentation wird angekündigt, dass die Suite
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vollständig unter Freie-Software-Lizenzen stehen soll. Als Module
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werden unter anderem Univention Corporate Server, Collabora Online,
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Nextcloud, OpenProject, XWiki, Jitsi und den Matrix-Client Element zum
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Einsatz kommen. Die Erweiterbarkeit durch neue und alternative Module
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ist geplant. Seit wenigen Wochen firmiert die Suite unter dem Namen
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„openDesk“. Ab 2024 sollen die Koordination und Steuerung von openDesk
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vollständig an das Zentrum für Digitale Souveränität (ZenDiS GmbH)
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übergeben werden. Das ZenDiS war Ende 2022 in Alleineignerschaft der
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Bundesregierung gegründet worden, um die Initiativen der
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Bundesregierung für digitale Souveränität zu bündeln.</p>
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<p>Anders als das BMI hat Dataport den Quellcode seiner
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Arbeitsplatz-Suite bis heute nicht veröffentlicht. Die dPhoenixSuite
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enthält zahlreiche Freie-Software-Komponenten und wird als „Open
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Source“, „basierend auf Open Source“ und „digital souverän“ beworben.
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So entsteht der falsche Eindruck, es handele sich bei der dPhoenixSuite
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um Freie Software. Dataport hat bisher nichts getan, um diesen Eindruck
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zu korrigieren oder um die Suite tatsächlich als Freie Software
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verfügbar zu machen.</p>
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<h3>BMI: Dataport arbeitet intensiv an openDesk mit</h3>
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<p>Mittlerweile, liegt der FSFE das Antwortschreiben des BMI vor.
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Darin wird deutlich, dass Dataport bei der Entwicklung von openDesk
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eine wichtige Rolle zukommt, vor allem beim Architekturdesign und bei
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der operativen Entwicklung des Produkts, und dafür öffentliche Gelder
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des BMI erhält. Allein im Jahr 2023 sind BMI-Haushaltsmittel von 21,6
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Mio. Euro für openDesk eingeplant. Welcher Anteil davon an Dataport
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weitergereicht wird, bleibt aber unklar. Intransparent ist auch,
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welcher Teil der Mittel tatsächlich bei den Unternehmen ankommt, die
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die Entwicklung und Integration der verwendeten Module vorantreiben</p>
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<p>Dem BMI zufolge gibt es Überschneidungen zwischen openDesk und der
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älteren dPhoenixSuite, die vor allem die Architektur von openDesk
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beeinflusst habe. Doch betont das Ministerium die Eigenständigkeit
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seiner openDesk-Suite: „Der Souveräne Arbeitsplatz baut eine eigene
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Architektur auf. […] Der Souveräne Arbeitsplatz ist ein eigenständiges
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Projekt. […] Inwieweit sich Dataport mit der dPhoenixSuite daran
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orientiert, obliegt Dataport.“ In welchem Ausmaß dPhoenix-Code in
|
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openDesk eingeflossen ist, legt das BMI nicht offen. Nach eigener
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Aussage hat das Ministerium keinen Einfluss auf Dataport genommen, um
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die dPhoenixSuite ebenfalls als Freie Software verfügbar zu machen.</p>
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<p><a href="https://download.fsfe.org/policy/Dataport_BMI_answers.pdf">Das vollständige Antwortschreiben des BMI findet sich hier.</a></p>
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<h3>Dataport muss Farbe bekennen</h3>
|
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|
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<p>Bisher verwies Dataport bei Nachfragen zum dPhoenixSuite-Code
|
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einerseits auf den Quellcode der enthaltenen Module und andererseits
|
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auf das openDesk-Projekt des BMI und dessen geplanter Veröffentlichung
|
||||
auf openCoDE. Die Antworten des BMI verdeutlichen einmal mehr: Trotz
|
||||
einiger Gemeinsamkeiten und organisatorischer Verflechtungen sind die
|
||||
dPhoenixSuite und openDesk zwei unterschiedliche Produkte. Dataport
|
||||
kann nicht länger dem BMI die Verantwortung für die Veröffentlichung
|
||||
des eigenen Quellcodes zuschieben, sondern muss Farbe bekennen: Soll
|
||||
die dPhoenixSuite tatsächlich ein digital souveräner Arbeitsplatz für
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||||
öffentliche Verwaltungen sein? Dann sollte Dataport den vollständigen
|
||||
dPhoenix-Code endlich unter eine Freie-Software-Lizenz stellen und
|
||||
zugänglich machen – idealerweise compliant zur
|
||||
openDesk-Referenzimplementierung und nicht als Konkurrenzprodukt.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Im Antwortschreiben des BMI findet sich allerdings ein Hinweis auf
|
||||
proprietäre Komponenten der dPhoenixSuite. Falls Dataport an seiner
|
||||
proprietären Strategie festhält und falls die Suite tatsächlich
|
||||
proprietären Code enthält, sollte sie nicht länger mit den
|
||||
irreführenden Begriffen „digital souverän“ und „Open Source“ beworben
|
||||
werden. In diesem Fall sollte Dataport seine vorherige irreführende
|
||||
Kommunikation korrigieren und auf seiner Webseite klarstellen, dass die
|
||||
Suite nicht Freie Software ist, um jeden Eindruck von Open-Washing zu
|
||||
vermeiden.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>openDesk braucht Transparenz und Effizienz</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Rund um den Arbeitsplatz openDesk, seine Finanzierung und seine
|
||||
Verbindungen zur dPhoenixSuite sorgen die BMI-Antworten nur teilweise
|
||||
für die nötige Transparenz. Die Veröffentlichung des openDesk-Codes und
|
||||
seine offene Entwicklung auf openCoDE sind aber wichtige Schritte in
|
||||
die richtige Richtung. Auch die dortigen Ankündigungen zur Zukunft des
|
||||
Projekts geben Anlass zu vorsichtigem Optimismus hinsichtlich der
|
||||
zeitnahen Verfügbarkeit eines vollwertigen
|
||||
Freie-Software-Arbeitsplatzes für Verwaltungen.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Das BMI und ZenDiS sollten nun nicht nur die Entwicklung von
|
||||
openDesk, sondern auch die Governance des Projektes transparent und für
|
||||
die Öffentlichkeit nachvollziehbar gestalten – eine Voraussetzung
|
||||
dafür, dass openDesk in öffentlichen Behörden auf Vertrauen und
|
||||
Akzeptanz trifft. Transparenz ist auch der einzige Weg um
|
||||
sicherzustellen, dass öffentliche Gelder für openDesk effizient
|
||||
eingesetzt werden und tatsächlich in die Entwicklung Freier Software
|
||||
fließen.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><strong>Die FSFE hat kürzlich <a href="/news/2023/news-20230829-01.html">die deutsche Regierung aufgefordert,
|
||||
die Mittel für Freie Software zu erhöhen, anstatt sie zu kürzen</a>, wie es derzeit im
|
||||
Haushalt 2024 vorgesehen ist. Da openDesk ein wichtiges Projekt im
|
||||
Bereich digitaler Souveränität in dieser Legislaturperiode ist, muss
|
||||
das Budget dafür erhöht werden, und dieses Geld sollte für die
|
||||
tatsächliche Entwicklung Freier Software, die Implementierung von
|
||||
Funktionen, die Maintenance und die Integration der Module verwendet
|
||||
werden. Das BMI muss den organisatorischen Aufbau des ZenDiS endlich
|
||||
zur Priorität machen und dadurch Freie-Software-Projekte für die
|
||||
öffentliche Verwaltung langfristig absichern.</strong></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><strong>Die FSFE wird die Entwicklungen rund um openDesk und die
|
||||
dPhoenixSuite weiter beobachten. Wer dazu mit relevanten Informationen
|
||||
beizutragen vermag, <a href="/about/contact.html">kann diese gerne mit uns
|
||||
teilen</a>.</strong></p>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Freie Software und „Public Money? Public Code!”</h3> <p>FFreie
|
||||
Software gibt allen das Recht, Programme für jeden Zweck zu verwenden,
|
||||
zu verstehen, zu verbreiten und zu verbessern. Durch diese Freiheiten
|
||||
müssen ähnliche Programme nicht komplett neu programmiert werden und
|
||||
dank transparenter Prozesse muss das Rad nicht ständig neu erfunden
|
||||
werden. Bei großen Projekten können Expertise und Kosten geteilt werden
|
||||
und von der Allgemeinheit bezahlte Anwendungen stehen allen zur
|
||||
Verfügung. So wird Innovation gefördert und mittel- bis langfristig
|
||||
Steuergeld gespart. Abhängigkeiten von einzelnen Anbieterinnen werden
|
||||
minimiert und Sicherheitslücken können leichter geschlossen werden. Die
|
||||
Free Software Foundation Europe fordert daher mit über 200 Organisation
|
||||
und Verwaltungen „Public Money? Public Code!“ - Wenn es sich um
|
||||
öffentliche Gelder handelt, sollte auch der Code öffentlich sein!. Mehr
|
||||
Informationen zur Initiative sind auf der <a href="https://publiccode.eu/">„Public Money?
|
||||
Public Code!” website</a> zu finden.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
</body>
|
||||
|
||||
<tags>
|
||||
<tag key="front-page" />
|
||||
<tag key="de">Germany</tag>
|
||||
<tag key="pmpc">Public Money? Public Code!</tag>
|
||||
</tags>
|
||||
|
||||
<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/1075"/>
|
||||
<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/80/55/3fc43813d932a3a95f7a233e2f76.png"
|
||||
alt="Image showing a computer with the dphoenix suit on it" />
|
||||
|
||||
</html>
|
||||
|
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|
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|
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