European Union Public License 1.1 now OSI-approved
The Open Source Initiative (OSI), one of the principal advocacy organisations on open source software, has unanimously approved the European Union Public Licence (EUPL) version 1.1, published by the European Comission, as an open source licence, on March 4th.
This is really great news!
EUPL v 1.1 is available in all official EU languages with all language versions being fully equivalent, it is GPL compatible, and it explicitly addresses the software patent issue. EUPL has been elaborated in adequate consideration of both the European Union Law as well as of the specificity and diversity of Member States Law, so that the license would reliably have the same legal effect in all EU member states.
An approved and accepted F/OSS license issued by a high EU governmental entity builds an atmosphere of trust, and gives – once more – great encouragement and appreciation to the open source community in Europe.
With this in mind – many thanks to all contributors! Great work!
