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<title>FSFE's answers to the European Commission's Public Consultation:
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Revision of the European Interoperability Framework</title>
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<h1>FSFE's answers to the European Commission's Public Consultation:
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Revision of the European Interoperability Framework</h1>
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<p>The European Commission is
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<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/isa/consultations/impact-assessment-for-the-revision-of-the-eis-eifl_en.htm">asking
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for public input with regard to its plans to renew the European
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Interoperability Framework</a> (EIF). The EIF aims to promote enhanced
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interoperability in the EU public sector. The document, originally intended
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as a set of non-binding guidelines for the EU public administration, is
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going through its third revision since its initial adoption in 2004. The
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FSFE has prepared its <a href="/freesoftware/standards/eif-v3.html">comments
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for the draft of the revised guidelines</a>.</p>
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<p>The FSFE sees some improvement compared to
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<a href="/news/2010/news-20101216-01.html">the previous
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revision</a>, in particular concerning the preferred use of Open Standards (called
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"open specifications" in the draft revision) in European public services.</p>
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<p>However, we need to address several shortcomings. The statement that
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FRAND (allegedly "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory") licensing terms
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for standards "will foster competition" (according to the Commission) is
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just plain wrong. FRAND licenses are highly anti-competitive in nature
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and it is a well-established fact that
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<a href="/freesoftware/standards/why-frand-is-bad-for-free-software.html">they
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make it impossible for a standard to be implemented in Free Software</a>.</p>
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<p>The draft also ignores the proven relationship between interoperability
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and Free Software. Most, if not all, national interoperability frameworks
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across Europe have based their success on substantial adoptions of Free
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Software and Open Standards in public services. So much so it is to all
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effects impossible to implement an interoperability framework without Free
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Software. For more information, please see
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<strong><a href="/freesoftware/standards/eif-v3.html">our full comments on the revision of the EIF</a></strong>.</p>
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<p>The FSFE encourages you to <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/isa/consultations/impact-assessment-for-the-revision-of-the-eis-eifl_en.htm">provide
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your own input to the ongoing consultation</a>. Replies can be submitted
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by individuals, companies, academic institutions, and public administrations
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before <strong>29 June</strong>. Feel free to reuse the arguments laid out
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above for your own submission and tell the Commission how Free Software
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and Open Standards are quintessential for interoperability.</p>
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<tag key="eif"/>
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<tag key="openstandards">Open Standards</tag>
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<tag key="policy">Policy</tag>
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<tag key="european-commission">European Commission</tag>
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<tag key="digital-single-market">Digital Single Market</tag>
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