Open Source for the Government [presentation] - Bozho's tech blog

Bulgarian Government Now Requires Custom Software to be Open Source

The Bulgarian government has just passed an amendment to its Electronic Governance Act that mandates all custom software created for the government must be open source. The amendment was voted on i…

Proposal for an E-Government Architecture - Bozho's tech blog

Having worked for a project that was part of the Bulgarian e-government in the past, I have a good overview of what and how can and should be implemented inContinue reading

Bulgaria Got a Law Requiring Open Source

Less than two years after my presentation titled “Open source for the government”, and almost exactly one year after I became advisor to…

Open source is the electric vehicle of digital policy

Open source is very popular these days, not least due to the open-source strategy that the European Commission announced last week as part of the tech sovereignty package. While there is a lot to criticise about that strategy (exaggerated goals, misleading numbers etc), the one thing I would like to

EU praises open source for tech sovereignty — then backs W, a private for-profit microblogging platform

To fundamentally understand why it's strange the EU Commission is throwing its weight behind this new for-profit social platform, you need to understand what lies beneath.

EU praises open source for tech sovereignty — then backs W, a private for-profit microblogging platform

To fundamentally understand why it's strange the EU Commission is throwing its weight behind this new for-profit social platform, you need to understand what lies beneath.

Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)

#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source! This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected! My full article - with a great analysis by @aral@mastodon.ar.al: 🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech

Why isn't all government software open source?

Three things that need to change for government to open source all software it creates.

Forms of Open Source Government

Open source has more forms of government than countries do.

Eurosky dawns – Open Future

The Eurosky initiative is building European social media infrastructure on the ATProtocol, representing a new step in Europe's digital sovereignty agenda as policymakers seek alternatives to Big Tech platforms that serve public interest rather than commercial imperatives.

Open Source Summit Prague: Sovereignty, Metrics, and Burnout

At the Open Source Summit EU last week in Prague, there were a few common themes that I wanted to write about with the caveat that these are, of course, not the only themes, and they were certainly biased by the types of talks that I chose to attend.