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<title>FSFE responds to EC consultation on procurement</title>
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<h1>FSFE responds to EC consultation on procurement </h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">Free Software Foundation Europe has
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provided the European Commission with <a href="/activities/policy/eu/20110418.ProcurementConsultation.FSFEresponse.html">input on modernising the
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way</a> in which public bodies buy software and related
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services.</p>
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<p>"Across Europe, the public sector has a huge role in the
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software market," says Karsten Gerloff, FSFE's President. "As
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the European Commission is revising the rules of procurement,
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we want to make sure that the new regulations and practices
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will be much fairer to Free Software than the current ones."
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</p>
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<p>
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In its response to the Commission's
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<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/publicprocurement/modernising_rules/consultations/index_en.htm">consultation</a>,
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FSFE emphasises the following points:
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<ul>
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<li>When a public body contracts out software development, it should
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have the right to use, study, share and improve the resulting
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software. This is best achieved through a Free Software
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license.</li>
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<li>Public bodies should require new solutions to be based
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on <a href="/activities/os/def.en.html">Open
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Standards</a>.</li>
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<li>Competitive bidding should be the rule. Negotiated procedures
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(direct negotiations between a public body and a seller) should
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remain limited to exceptional cases.</li>
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<li>The rules should make clear that major software upgrades should
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be treated in the same way as new purchases, and re-tendered in a
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competitive process.</li>
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<li>Public bodies should figure future exit costs into the total
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cost of any new solution.</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag>EuropeanCommission</tag>
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<tag>OpenStandards</tag>
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<tag>Procurement</tag>
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