The French government policy on free software is now available in English. The translation was published earlier today by April, a French advocacy organisation. It is not an official translation. However, experts involved in the creation of the original French text have not found misinterpretations, the advocacy group commented. The group hopes other public administrations will use the guideline to their benefit.

Switching to free and open source software contributes to sustainability by making a more efficient use of computer hardware, allowing to use PCs for longer than when following proprietary software vendor's upgrade cycle, two very recent examples show.

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Adullact, the French association of civil administrations working on free and open source software, is revamping its services. It recently added new online applications, including Slow, for submitting government forms, and Web-Marché, an electronic procurement solution.

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The French government should oblige public administrations to share and re-use their ICT solutions, recommends the Conseil National du Logiciel Libre, a trade group representing over three hundred ICT firms. The CNLL wants a future French government IT policy to include making mandatory the use of truly open standards. "Public administrations looking for ICT solutions should prefer free software."

The French government should oblige public administrations to share and re-use their ICT solutions, recommends the Conseil National du Logiciel Libre, a trade group representing over three hundred ICT firms. The CNLL wants a future French government IT policy to include making mandatory the use of truly open standards. "Public administrations looking for ICT solutions should prefer free software."

The French free software advocacy group April is protesting the renegotiation by the Ministry of Defence of a proprietary software licence contract that was signed four years ago without a public procurement. The group is asking the ministry to halt the talks with the proprietary software vendor and to organise a public call for tender instead.

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The French free software advocacy group April is protesting the renegotiation by the Ministry of Defence of a proprietary software licence contract that was signed four years ago without a public procurement. The group is asking the ministry to halt the talks with the proprietary software vendor and to organise a public call for tender instead.

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Developers and project managers involved in open source software projects for public libraries in Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic last Friday took a first step to learn more about each other's work. Meeting in a Google Hangout, they introduced their open source software projects, aiming to get ideas for future developments.

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Developers and project managers involved in open source software projects for public libraries in Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic last Friday took a first step to learn more about each other's work. Meeting in a Google Hangout, they introduced their open source software projects, aiming to get ideas for future developments.

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A growing number of public administrations in the French region of Bourgogne prefer to use open source software solutions to provide electronic government services. "Pooling our IT investments allows us to modernise the government, improve accessibility of our services and results in significant savings", says Louis-François Fléri, director of the e-Bourgogne project.

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