Strengthen visibility and interconnection between public-sector OSPOs

Strengthen visibility and interconnection between public-sector OSPOs … after a
bit of history about DINUM Free Software unit (aka OSPO) Bastien Guerry OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025 – licence Etalab 2.0 & CC BY

OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025 – licence Etalab 2.0 &
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

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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

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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

What we did ☺️ OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025 –
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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

What we didn’t do 😢 OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025
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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

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Cocorico 🐓 OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025 – licence Etalab
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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

A few takeaways 👀 OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025 –

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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More tools for OSPO 🧰 OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025
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CC BY • Tools for institutional & grassroots networking • OSPO Meta : describe OSPOs • OSPO Policy matrix : describe FLOSS policies • FLOSS PSO : list public sector OSPOs

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One last thing 🎁 OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025 –

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Merci ! 🧢 OSPO UGA, September 24th, 2025 – licence
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