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<title>European Parliament pushes for Free Software</title>
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<h1>European Parliament pushes for Free Software migration</h1>
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<p>On 29 October 2015, the European Parliament<a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2015-0388+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN">
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adopted a report</a> (2015/2635(RSP)), which condemned mass surveillance throughout
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Europe. While focusing primarily on legal precedents of data protection,
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Parliament proposed new recommendations to improve IT security
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by migrating to free software, as well as adding free software as a
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mandatory selection criterion in public IT procurement.</p>
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<p>Specifically, Section 47 of the report:</p>
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<blockquote>Welcomes the steps taken so far to
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strengthen Parliament’s IT security, as outlined in the action plan on
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EP ICT Security prepared by DG ITEC; asks for these efforts to be continued
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and the recommendations made in the resolution fully and swiftly carried
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out; calls for fresh thinking and, if necessary, legislative change in
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the field of procurement to enhance the IT security of the EU institutions;
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<strong>calls for the systematic replacement of proprietary software by
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auditable and verifiable open-source software in all the EU institutions,
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for the introduction of a mandatory ’open-source’ selection criterion in
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all future ICT procurement procedures, and for efficient availability of
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encryption tools</strong>.</blockquote>
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<p>This is a welcome change in rhetoric
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<a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2014-0230">
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from the previous version of the resolution</a> (2013/2188(INI) Section 91).
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The new version uses stronger language to push for migrating to Free
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Software as a way to improve transparency and security in EU IT systems.
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Although resolutions passed in the European Parliament are non-binding,
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passage of this report sends a strong message to the European Commission
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to include provisions for Free Software in future legislation.</p>
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