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<title>The FSFE files FOI request for Horizon 2020</title>
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<h1>The FSFE files FOI request for Horizon 2020</h1>
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<p>The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) files
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<a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/OpenScience_InterimEvaluation_Horizon2020#The_FSFE.27s_Freedom_of_Information_.28FOI.29_request">Freedom
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of Information (FOI) request</a> to the European Commission (EC) Directorate-General
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for Research and Innovation, asking for information related to the use,
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development and release of software under Horizon 2020, the biggest
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EU research funding programme.</p>
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<p>Software is a cardinal part of almost every research project in
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Horizon 2020 and most of it is acquired or developed with public or
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public-private funding. We are interested to figure out what percentage
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of the funding is spent on proprietary licences and what percentage
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of software developed within Horizon 2020 is released under Free Software
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licences. Our aim is to aggregate this data and draw conclusions about
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the situation of software in publicly funded research. </p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Taking into account the main points raised in our <a href="
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https://download.fsfe.org/policy/letters/20170105-horizon2020-position-paper.pdf">
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Position paper for the endorsement of Free Software and Open Standards
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in Horizon 2020 and all publicly-funded research</a> and in accordance
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with the suggestions stated in it, the FSFE asks from the Commission
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the following questions:</p>
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<ol>
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<li><p>Do you monitor and/or collect data about the usage of IT and software
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in Horizon 2020 projects, and specifically if projects use or develop
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Free Software (also known as 'open source') ?</p></li>
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<li><p>How many projects, both in numbers and in percentage of the overall
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amount of research projects, are funded by Horizon 2020 to pay licence
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fees for software? What are the top most paid licence fees for software
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amongst Horizon2020 projects? </p></li>
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<li><p>How much money was spent by Horizon 2020 during its most recent
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"phase" on proprietary software licences? How much is this in comparison
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to the overall funds of Horizon 2020? </p></li>
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<li><p>How many projects in numbers and in percentage of the overall amount
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of research projects funded by Horizon2020 develop software on their own?
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What percentage of this software is kept proprietary and how much is
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published under a licence approved by Free Software Foundation/Open
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Source Initiative? Which are the most used Free Software/Open Source
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licences in this regard?</p></li>
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</ol>
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</blockquote>
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<h2>What to do while waiting for the EC to answer?</h2>
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<p>A few days ago, the FSFE published and submitted to the European
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Commission its <a href="/news/2017/news-20170105-01.html">
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Position paper for the endorsement of Free Software and Open Standards
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in Horizon 2020 and all publicly-funded research</a>, as part of
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<a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research/consultations/interim_h2020_2016/consultation_en.htm">
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the public consultation on the midterm evaluation of Horizon 2020</a>.</p>
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<p>You can help us spread the word by reading and sharing our
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<a href="https://download.fsfe.org/policy/letters/20170105-horizon2020-position-paper.pdf">
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position paper</a> or participating in the EC consultation on Horizon 2020.
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This way you make sure that your voice demanding Free Software and Open
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Standards in science is heard! You can take a look on how to do that at
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<a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/OpenScience_InterimEvaluation_Horizon2020">
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the relevant wiki page</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>The consultation is open for everyone and runs until
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15.01.2017</strong>.</p>
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