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<title>Input about Free Software for German OGP action plan published</title>
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<h1>Input about Free Software for German OGP action plan published</h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">Today the civil society "working group OGP (Open
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Government Partnership) Germany" (Arbeitskreis OGP Deutschland) <a href="https://opengovpartnership.de/2017/03/2069/">published its
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input for a German OGP action plan</a>. The goal of the Open Government actions
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is to increase transparency, citizen friendlyness, reporting, and
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effectiveness of governments and administrations. The input, which was
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already handed over to the German Government on 20 March, consists of 30 Open
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Government topics, including a section about Free Software.</p>
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<p>In December 2016 Germany joined the Open Government Partnership. Until
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June 2017 a German action plan is to be developed and decided by the German
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government.</p>
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<p>To achieve this, on 17 February 2017 the German government invited
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representatives from the civil society to a workshop to develop input for a
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German action plan for the upcoming two years. After the workshop members of
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civil society groups further developed the suggestions published today. In
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the weeks to come the German federal ministries will examine the different
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suggestions, debate internally, and draft a national action plan with
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concrete goals. There will also be another workshop to discuss the
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goals between administrations and the civil society (see <a href="http://www.verwaltung-innovativ.de/DE/Internationales/OGP/zeitlicher_ablauf/zeitlicher_ablauf_node.html">the German timetable for the action plan by the German Government</a>).</p>
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<p>The OGP action plan will not just address the federal government but should
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also affect administrations in the German federal states and municipalities.</p>
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<h2>Input from the civil society about Free/Open Source Software</h2>
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<p>The Free Software Foundation Europe worked together with other German Free
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Software organisations and the "working group OGP Germany" to summarise the
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topic of Free Software in the Open Government context and develop concrete
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action items for the government.</p>
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<p>By publishing the input we hope to enable civil society actors around the
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world to learn about the OGP discussion in Germany, adapt suggestions to
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other countries' contexts, and to enable people to give further input to the
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German debate.</p>
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<p>Below a rough translation of our input originally written in German. (The
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<a
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href="https://opengovpartnership.de/files/2017/03/170323_Zivilgesellschaftliche_Empfehlungen_NAP_OGP.pdf">full
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submission is available in German at the website for the workgroup
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OGP</a>.)</p>
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<blockquote>
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<h3>Introduction into the topic</h3>
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<p>Open Government offers the possibility to make the activities of the state
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more persistent and plausible for its citizens. Open software achieves this
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with its open/free licensing which is proved as an international standard.
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The "Open Government Toolbox" sums up 1928 IT projects from 523 organisations
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to help in the transition to Open Government. The spectrum of this stunning
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collection shows the potential of Open Government software. From data
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visualisation to participation tools and on up to tools for local urban
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initiatives, numerous projects for administration and civil society are
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already freely accessible.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Recycling</strong>: Open Software can be used for various
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purposes and can be re-used. Once it is developed in the scope of a
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governmental tender, the software code can then be used by other
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administrations for similar problems. A good example is "Fix My Street":
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originally developed as a reporting tool for damage on roads in the
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United Kingdom, it is now also being used in Switzerland, Ireland,
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Malaysia, Norway, Sweden, Uganda and Uruguay. As additionally developed
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extensions to the software and user experiences are shared between
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nations, all users benefit from the increasing use.</li>
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<li><strong>Independence</strong>: The use of Open Software offers more
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opportunities for procurement and selection of partners. A
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strategic "lock-in", a dependency on certain vendors, is avoided as the
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code can be maintained by other market competitors as well.</li>
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<li><strong>Neutrality of platforms</strong>: With open standards the
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public authorities can achieve more platform neutrality. Thereby they are
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no longer dependent on certain vendors and can choose a new one at any
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time.</li>
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<li><strong>Transparency</strong>: While conventional government software
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is a blackbox and is a proprietary secret, the source code of Open
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Government software is basically always available.</li>
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<li><strong>Participation</strong>: The Open Source code combined with a
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free license allows synergies of government agencies (with civil
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society), enterprises and citizens. Software provided by the state can
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be maintained and used by external users - and vice versa. Open
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Government software projects initiated by the state give an impetus for
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collaborative projects where various perspectives from administration,
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civil society, enterprises and citizens come together.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>For the implementation of the Open Government road map, new software will
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be developed. Open Government software should be accessible under a suitable
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Free/Open license [1] to enable re-use and sharing of solutions between
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authorities, companies and citizens.</p>
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<h3>Our vision until 2030:</h3>
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<p>Federal, regional and local administrations share their solutions with
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other administrations, companies and civil society. For new solutions, the
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participants can refer to a collection of pre-existing solutions, re-use and
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improve these and share them with everyone. All solutions guarantee use
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independent of the used platform. Neither citizens, companies nor
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administrations should be technically discriminated against. These German
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software solutions enjoy an excellent reputation in administrations, civil
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society, and commercial enterprises around the world. People enjoy using
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them and they are further developed by other programming groups. Therefore
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this results in investment protection and a higher sustainability for the
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public sector, which will be developed further by third-parties, even if
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individual German administrative authorities opt for other solutions.</p>
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<h3>Further information sources and links:</h3>
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<li>[1] Free/Open Source licensing model: See also the list of the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html">Free Software Foundation</a> and of the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/category">Open Source Initiative</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://ogptoolbox.org/en/">OGP Toolbox</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/interoperability/search">EU Joinup solutions</a></li>
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<li><a href="http:///code.gov">USA Portal Code.Gov</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/making-source-code-open-and-reusable">UK: Proof of concept</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://fixmystreet.com/">Fixmystreet UK</a> - <a href="http://fixmystreet.org/">Fixmystreet OGS</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/eupl/og_page/european-union-public-licence-eupl-v11">EUPL</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://fsfe.org/about/basics/freesoftware.html">Introduction into "Software Freedom" by FSFE</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Suggestions for commitments by the workshop for a NAP two-pager</h3>
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<h4>Level 1: Suggestions for organising the process</h4>
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<ul>
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<li>Establishment of an expert group, containing members of federal, state
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and municipal administrations for re-use and sharing of open software for
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the state and the administration (Re-use and Share OSS). Therefore, at
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least twice a year, an internal dialogue can take place. There, the group
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can tap into the topic of Open Source software and understand it in terms
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of overlapping administrative needs. Due to this overlap, employees from
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all levels of the public administrations should be utilised as
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contributors and architects, and encouraged to integrate, share, and
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promote more re-use of the administration's software.</li>
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<li>Establishment of a workgroup with members from administration, civil
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society and companies for re-use and sharing of Free Software for the
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state and the administration. The workshop should take place at least
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twice a year to enable an exchange to listen to each other and receive
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feedback by the civil society for further conceptional development. There
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should be a strong link between the workgroup and the referring expert
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group (see paragraph above) in the administration. Thereby a transfer of
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knowledge into the public administration, and indirectly into politics,
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is ensured.</li>
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<li>Commissioning of a study running until December 2018 to do basic
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research about the cooperation in public administrations in usage of
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free/open software. It should consider both users and
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business/development associations so that national and international
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knowledge and practical experience from study and usage are taken into
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account. The full potential, with the help of workshops (Collaborative
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Design), should be outlined. With this approach, all relevant
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perspectives and proposals for implementation are available for the
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second National Action Plan.</li>
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<li>Conducting two <a href="http://plugfest.opendocumentformat.org/">"Plug
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Fest"</a> events in Germany until 2018 as Open Collaborative Workshops,
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where special departments of local authorities can be brought into
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technical dialogue with providers of document editing solutions. With
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those multi stakeholder events many countries in Europe have made
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positive experiences for increasing interoperability. </li>
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<li>Commission of a scientific study about open standards and open
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interfaces in public administrations (including open document formats) by
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June of 2018. With this the national and international knowledge and
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practical experience (Germany: SAGA 5.1.0, EU, Austria, Switzerland,
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France, Italy, Netherlands) will be taken into account. The full
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potential with the help of workshops (Collaborative Design) should be
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outlined so all relevant possibilities and proposals should be available
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for the second National Action Plan.</li>
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<li>Commission of an evaluation study about the accessibility and platform
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neutrality of public web interfaces by the federal authorities until
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January 2018. Through this we can achieve transparency about how certain
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user groups are technically discriminated against by the websites of the
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authorities and how these sites are accessible regardless of used
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devices. Based on this evaluation, best practices will be introduced
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simultaneously. Also, basic principles acting as suggestions for
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creating accessible and vendor-neutral websites for authorities as well
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as for public institutions will be presented.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Level 2: Precise legislative steps and regulation requirements</h4>
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<ul>
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<li>Establishment of the EU ISA2 law regarding the platform neutrality in
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the acquisition of web service until 2019, so that citizens can use
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public sector services regardless of the technology used by the citizens
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(Operating systems: Mac OS, Linux, Windows, Android / Browser: Firefox,
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Chrome, Internet Explorer.../ Hardware: Tablet, Desktop-PC, Smartphone,
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Thin Internet Client).</li>
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<li>Proposal for a law to set up a national software archive by 2019 which
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clarifies where German authorities and suppliers should deposit and store
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(long-term-archive) the source code, documentation, interface
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specifications and database schemes of their software solutions. This
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enables security checks and the preservation of our digital cultural
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heritage.</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Level 3: Minimal measures (Mandatory programme)</h4>
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<ul>
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<li>Software, which is being commissioned or developed in the course of
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realising the OGP action plan, should re-use free/open software
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components and should be made accessible on the <a
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href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/">EU software
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platform joinup</a> and in the <a
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href="https://ogptoolbox.org/de/">"OGP Toolbox"</a>
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for other governments, companies and the civil
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society.</li>
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<li>Capacity-generating measures for the participation of Germany in the
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further development of the <a
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href="https://github.com/DISIC/foss-contrib-policy-template">
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Free/Open Source Software Contributor Policy Template in the OGP</a>
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(Bulgaria, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America
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have already pledged to do this).</li>
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<li>Until mid 2018 evaluation of which software, of those created during the
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implementation of the IT-planning council's action plan for 2017, can be
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made available in the OGP Toolbox under a free/open license by 2019.
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(See <a
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href="http://www.it-planungsrat.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Entscheidungen/21_Sitzung/20_Anlage1_Aktionsplan.html">Action
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Plan</a>)</li>
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<li>Federal government, federal states, and municipalities should
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communicate information about the cooperation between the authorities and
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other participants regarding software solutions to the EU portal Joinup
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for publication. This will make this kind of cooperation more popular and
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persuades other entities to participate.</li>
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</ul>
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</blockquote>
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