FOSS in the Italian public administration: fundamental law principles

Authors

  • Simone Aliprandi copyleft-italia.org
  • Carlo Piana

Keywords:

Italian law, information technology, Free and Open Source Software, public administration, e-government, public sector information, reuse of software programs, open by default, open data,

Abstract

We take a first reading of the recent modification to the fundamental law that governs the digital aspects of the Public Administration in Italy. Said modifications require Public Administrations to prefer internally made solutions and FOSS solutions over proprietary ones, mandate an increased degree of interoperability and strengthen open data.

Author Biographies

  • Simone Aliprandi, copyleft-italia.org

    Simone Aliprandi is an Italian lawyer and independent researcher who is constantly engaged in writing, teaching and consulting in the field of copyright and ICT law. He has an additional degree in Public Administration Science and he holds a Ph.D. in Information Society at the Bicocca University of Milan. He founded and still coordinates the Copyleft-Italia.it project and has published several books devoted to openculture and copyleft. He also collaborates as a legal consultant with Array (http://www.arraylaw.eu). More information about his activities: http://www.aliprandi.org.

  • Carlo Piana
    Independent lawyer specialising in Information Technology and Telecommunication Law and Free Software Advocate. Started by using GNU/Linux and became intrigued by the legal and philosophical implications of it. Serves as Counsel to the Free Software Foundation Europe and advises projects and companies active in Free and Open Source Software. Based in Milan, he has accumulated experience for more than 15 years in the IT legal consulting sector, in a medium-sized firm, as name partner in a boutique firm and now in a solo practice entirely dedicated to IT. He has been involved in the largest antitrust litigation in Europe which led to the disclosure of secret protocols in the Workgroup Server area, and was called to the Board of the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation which he presides. He runs a small bi-lingual blog on Digital Liberties named "Law is Freedom" and microblogs on G+ and http://status.piana.eu/carlopiana

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Published

2013-03-28

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Legislative Review

License

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How to Cite

FOSS in the Italian public administration: fundamental law principles. (2013). Journal of Open Law, Technology & Society, 5(1), 43-50. https://www.jolts.world/index.php/jolts/article/view/84