Imagine it. Done. Management Consulting Architecture Integration Outsourcing Technology unisys Advancing the Research Agenda on “Free Libre Open Source Software” Workshop 14. October 2002 Patrice-Emmanuel SCHMITZ Management Consulting

Imagine it. Done. unisys eEurope…. Action plan 2002 … 2005 Study on the use of Open Source Software  Seminar February 2001  Identify the open source tools available, the main area of benefits as organisational and financial aspects  Identify and analyse the possibility to use open source products in the European institution and Member State administrations Steps in IDA EU approach January - June 2002: Feasibility of “Pooling Open Source Software”

Imagine it. Done. unisys 1. Use of OSS in public sector Q1/2001 France Spain Germany Belgium Italy Sweden

Imagine it. Done. unisys Sharing costs Sharing ideas  Not re-inventing the wheel  Jumping to Best practices … On a Pan-European level 2. Pooling Software…

Imagine it. Done. unisys Software? What ? OSS ? How ? Operation Cost ? 6. How much will it cost ? 1. What type of software ? 2. The legal conditions? 3. The type of POSS service ? 4. How to deploy it ? 5. How to maintain it long term ? POSS Feasibility Study

Imagine it. Done. unisys What type of Software Public Sector Software  Administration of public domain (roads, resources, territory)  Tax declarations  Public health  Employment  Justice & Home Land Security  Education  Interoperability (internet standards eGov services)

Imagine it. Done. unisys Why Open Source ? The Open Source Licensing models are well adapted to Public Sector Needs:  Access and adapt the code to local needs  Freedom to improve and re-use in derived works  No internal limits (users, machines)  Re-distribution (and sharing development with others)

Imagine it. Done. unisys Ideas behind Pooling  Economy  Best value for money (re-using existing soft)  Sharing new development costs  Do not spend less, but better !  Quality  Speed up innovation  Jump to best practices  Philosophy  Promote IDA standards at European level  New collaboration “G2G” and “G2E”  Neutrality (platform)

Imagine it. Done. unisys Less good reasons …  Overestimate interest & common needs  Trying to solve MY problem (not bring solutions)  Existing software too big, not well documented  Initial developers are gone  Several external developers, no consistency  Hoping others will takeover the cost (when my development is “dead”)  Can I get support for free ?  Can I obtain Upgrades and new versions for free ?

Imagine it. Done. unisys Pan-European Pooling of OSS ? Legal Adviser

Imagine it. Done. unisys Author software A Licensees/ Re-Licensors OSS Propr. GPL ADD BSD ABB Prop AAA GPL ACC GPL AD BSD AB Prop AA GPL ACA GPL A BSD A Propr. Code AEX Bin. AEx Code AE Bin. AE Code A Binary ABinary AEBinary AEX Code publication MPL

Imagine it. Done. unisys 3. Next steps in IDA policy  2003: General Guide to migrate Open source  Technical  TCO/TBO Case study in a German State (15’000 users)  Pooling Service ?

Imagine it. Done. unisys SEEM: area for OSS ?  The tools, as well as their technical characteristics must be non-discriminatory, generally available and interoperable (DG Markt proj. Directive on Pub. eProc).  Electronic signature and Invoicing  Authentication  Secure exchange system (eProcurement) ContractingDelivering

Imagine it. Done. unisys Single Eur. Electronic Market For all, At reasonable cost

Imagine it. Done. unisys Contracting A.Supplier Internet Agreements Adresses (URLs) Middleware Agreement Agreement Who ? Product ? What ? When? Structure ? Agreement Agreement Who ? Product What ? When? Structure ? API Messages 1 2 CA log LDAP X.509 HTTPS XML S/MIME CAs SAML Public or Private Portals* for Enterprises Service 1 Service 2 Service 3 …

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