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European Commission investigates open source
News The European Commission has received a report from a team assigned to investigate the phenomenon of free software and come up with recommendations on what funding the European Community should provide for open source ventures.
[December 17, 1999, 10:49]
European Commission report endorses open source
News The European Commission has issued a ringing endorsement of open source software, producing a confidence-boost for businesses considering the deployment of Linux and other free software. The European Commission has taken several strides towards...
[January 15, 2007, 13:20]
European Commission denies favouring open source
News The European Commission has distanced itself from a report it commissioned that endorsed the use of open-source software. The Commission contacted ZDNet UK this week to insist that it is "technology neutral" and that it did not therefore support...
[January 30, 2007, 11:48]
Mozilla to join EC's Microsoft antitrust case
News Mozilla has been granted permission to participate in the European Commission's antitrust case against Microsoft, a Commission source said on Tuesday. The Commission, which is the European Union's executive arm, formally put Microsoft on notice in...
[February 11, 2009, 12:44]
Europe extends open source resource
News The European Commission is launching a resource for public sector organisations to share open source code and applications. OSOR is an extension to the Commission's existing Open Source Observatory Web portal.
[October 12, 2006, 17:25]
EC rebuffs Microsoft over open-source report
News The European Commission has resisted efforts by Microsoft to make it abandon its report into open-source software, it was revealed this week. Ghosh, who is a senior open-source software researcher, said the Commission refused to back down under...
[February 8, 2007, 13:41]
EC report backs open source for government
News European administrations should share open-source software resources, according to a report published on Monday by the European Commission. However, the increasing attention paid to open-source software by the European Commission and by individual...
[July 8, 2002, 14:31]
EC's open-source study wins broad support
News The European Commission-sponsored report which urged organisations to consider deploying open-source software has won widespread support from key industry figures. Lachal continued: "The European Commission definitely has an open-source agenda...
[January 18, 2007, 16:02]
Photos: Centre launched to promote open source
News Some industry observers suggested that the Commission's stance on open source might be changing, while the Commission denies any bias. The Commission has recently faced controversy over a report it commissioned on open-source software, which...
[February 27, 2007, 12:43]
EU rejects Microsoft's licence offer
News The European Commission has rejected Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence, saying that it contained a number of serious flaws including unjustifiably high royalty fees and the exclusion of open source vendors.
[March 18, 2005, 9:40]
Europe to push open source for e-government
News The European Commission is placing open standards and open-source software at the centre of its efforts to promote interoperable e-government services with a new working paper introduced this month. The Commission, the executive arm of the European...
[July 21, 2003, 13:34]
EU deepens its probe into Oracle-Sun deal
News The commission pointed out that Oracle's proprietary database products go up directly against MySQL open-source software, which is overseen by Sun. The Commission has to examine very carefully the effects on competition in Europe when the world's...
[September 3, 2009, 18:06]
Europe questions Google's privacy policy
News According to a Commission source, the advisory group is concerned with how the information is managed, rather than the length of time it is stored. The committee is expected to review Google's response and may issue a formal recommendation before...
[May 29, 2007, 9:05]
EC clears Nokia's Trolltech bid
News The European Commission has cleared Nokia's acquisition of open-source software company Trolltech. The deal is expected to close this quarter, and Thursday's announcement by the Commission enables the companies to keep this plan on track.
[June 5, 2008, 12:44]
EC software law could divide open source
News The world of open-source development could be divided if the European Commission succeeds in passing a law extending consumer protection rules to software, according to experts. The Commission proposes software companies be held liable in the EU...
[June 11, 2009, 9:59]
Open source consortium wins EC funding
News A European Commission-funded consortium has raised over three million Euros to fund a project testing the quality of open source software. Known as the Software Quality Observatory for Open Source Software (SQO-OSS), it is half funded by its...
[October 23, 2006, 17:10]
UK trumps Europe on Linux streaming
News When the European Commission launched a streaming video service last year which excluded Linux users, large swathes of the open source community became deeply angry. The Commission's service, which streams key decision-making meetings over the...
[March 2, 2007, 11:17]
EC threatens operators over data roaming
News Mobile operators have been given just a few weeks to lower their data-roaming tariffs, after the European Commission threatened them with further regulation. Furthermore, countries including Ireland and France are apparently pushing for "stronger...
[February 2, 2007, 15:11]
Microsoft struggles to work with open source
News Last month the European Commission (EC) rejected Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence, saying it contained a number of serious flaws including unjustifiably high royalty fees and the exclusion of open source vendors.
[April 5, 2005, 18:20]
Microsoft concedes royalties in antitrust offering
News The European Commission (EC) revealed some of the details of Microsoft's final server interoperability offer on Monday. The Commission nevertheless considers that, if the Court of First Instance rules in favour of the Commission in the pending...
[June 6, 2005, 13:05]
