The European Commission adopts its new Open Source Software strategy

2020-10-21

Today, the European Commission approved its new Open Source Software Strategy 2020-2023.

The strategy promotes the sharing and reuse of software solutions, knowledge and expertise.

The six principles that govern the new Commission OSS strategy:

Open-source solutions are preferred when equivalent in functionalities, total cost and cybersecurity;
A working culture based on the principles of open source, sharing and reuse is promoted;
Code is shared with the OSS community and contributions to related open-source projects is enabled;
The Commission becomes an active member of the OSS ecosystem;
The code used and shared by the Commission is free from vulnerabilities by applying continuous security testing;
Open standards and specifications are promoted.