Add EU Parliament open source resolution to our value proposition

[ElenaFdR]

Source material:

• "Recognises the added value that free and open source software can bring to the Ombudsman; underlines in particular their role in increasing transparency and avoiding vendor lock-in effects; recognises also their potential in the improvement of security as they allow identification and fixing of weaknesses; strongly recommends any software developed for the institution to be made publicly available under free and open-source software licence ". Added as article 29 - 2018 EU budget discharge report, article 49 - 2018 EU budget discharge report, article 55 - Discharge 2018: European general budget
• Pirate Party press release with a good overview of changes

[bvhme]

I like this, perhaps we can also mention other things like the Italian Law and the Dutch Kamerbrief in these.

[Ainali]

If we want to go deep on the EU discharge reports, there are also these:

Discharge 2018: EU general budget – European Ombudsman

29. Recognises the added value that free and open source software can bring
    to the Ombudsman; underlines in particular their role in increasing
    transparency and avoiding vendor lock-in effects; recognises also their
    potential in the improvement of security as they allow identification
    and fixing of weaknesses; strongly recommends any software developed for
    the institution be made publicly available under free and open-source
    software licence;

Discharge 2018: EU general budget - Court of Auditors

12. [..] further encourages the use of free open-source self-hosted social
    network platforms, with particular regard to the data protection of users;

13. Recognises the added value that free and open source software can bring
    to the Court; underlines in particular the role of such software in
    increasing transparency and avoiding vendor lock-in effects; recognises
    also its potential for security improvements as it permits the
    identification and fixing of weaknesses; strongly recommends that any
    software developed for the Court be made publicly available under a free
    and open-source software licence;

Discharge 2018: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor

20. Recognises the added value that free and open source software can bring
    to the EDPS; underlines in particular their role in increasing
    transparency and avoiding vendor lock-in effects; recognises also their
    potential in the improvement of security as they allow the
    identification and fixing of weaknesses; strongly recommends that any
    software developed for the institution be made publicly available under
    free and open-source software licences;

Discharge 2018: EU general budget - European External Action Service

65. Welcomes the creation of the Rapid Alert System, set up among the Union
    institutions and Member States to facilitate the sharing of best
    practices related to disinformation campaigns and coordinate responses
    based on open-source information provided by academia, fact-checkers,
    online platforms and international partners;

66. Welcomes new initiatives to improve the communication in relation with
    Union citizens concerning the importance of public diplomacy and
    strategic communications as an integral aspect of the Union’s external
    relations; encourages the EEAS to invest in digital communications,
    through social media and its websites; commends that the EEAS starts
    engaging multipliers to run Europe-wide public-awareness campaigns;
    further encourages the use of free open-source self-hosted social
    network platforms having special regards to users data protection;

[lscheske]

Is this issue also linked with #572 on sustainable development goals?

[Ainali]

Is this issue also linked with #572 on sustainable development goals?

In a way. The purpose is similar, but the content is totally different. I don't believe they need to be coordinated, they can be worked on separately.

[bvhme]

As just mentioned in the community call the European Commission communication and the Talinn declaration.

[clausmullie]

Linked to discussion in #658 on where we should describe our value proposition and the supporting documents

[Ainali]

Can we consider this resolved thanks to #1302?