CC BY • The origins of DINUM Free Software unit (aka OSPO) • What we did and did not • Some lessons learned • Tools for strenghtening public-sector OSPOs
CC BY • Should we make (private) data sharing mandatory in case of emergency? • But companies do accept, in some circumstances, source code transparency! • Covid orientation algorithm, curfew app, Covid app: a need for public code transparency & collaboration
CC BY An action plan for Free Software in public sector organizations (PSO): • Better know and use Free Software in PSO • Help PSO publish their source code • Attract developers in the public sector
CC BY • 2019 : Public code inventory • 2020 : Covid and Bothorel report • 2021 : Official launch & Free Software council • 2022 : Catalog of recommended Free Software • 2023 : BlueHats Semester of Code • 2024 : BlueHats prizes and documentation • 2025 : La Suite
CC BY • Animated the BlueHats community (meetings, webinars, events) • Published 32 BlueHats gazettes • Analyzed @*.gouv.fr contributions (but poorly) • Helped La Suite products • Communicated interministerially and externally • Wrote and shared collaborative documentation • Launched and animated the Free Software Council • Animated the AMDAC Open Source Software working group
CC BY • Developed and maintained the catalog of recommended Free Software • Developed and maintained the source code inventory • Identified and promoted important public sector Free Software • Offered light training (general, legal, technical) • Helped administrations in publishing their source codes • Launched and animated the BlueHats Semester of Code program • Launched and publicized the BlueHats awards • Supported the creation of other public sector OSPOs • Worked with ADULLACT, OW2, the Matrix Foundation, OSPO Alliance
CC BY • Launched an interministerial software forge • Launched a campaign to add Free Software licenses • Launched a MOOC on more formal training courses • Deployed SBOM analysis as a service • Deployed demos via the SILL catalog • Monitored @*.gouv.fr contributions (as a service?) • Structured our support offers enough • Continued the BlueHats Semester of Code • Scaled up BlueHats prizes • Designed a flowchart to help choose a Free Software licence • Set up an interministerial network of Free Software referents • Published a Free Software public sector barometer
CC BY • France first governmental OSPO in Europe after OSPO EU • France helped initiate the OSPOs EU network • France present at the UN to promote Free Software • France signatory to the UN Open Source Principles
CC BY • Someone has to step up • Someone needs to accept not to know • A rose by any other name might not be a rose • OSPO are institutional entities • OSPO are transverse entities • « No OSPO is an island » • Support, support, support !
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