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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="fr">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Open Source publication of software developed by the State of Geneva</title>
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<h1>Geneva open source</h1>
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Contact : <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
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<a href="index-fr.html"><span><abbr title="Français">FR</abbr></span></a>
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<h2>Open Source publication of software developed by the State of Geneva, Switzerland</h2>
<p>
For a number of years, the Geneva Cantonal Administration has been using a range of open source software
such as Linux, Drupal,
MySql and Apache Tomcat. The State of Geneva, however, wishes to broaden its role to become a real
player
in the open source field, by <em>giving free access to the source codes</em> of the software it develops for its own
needs.
</p>
<p>
The State of Geneva aims at <em>promoting its capacity to innovate</em>, principally targeting other
public domains whilst also
benefitting from developer communities wishing to contribute to the evolution of its software.
</p>
<p>
Furthermore, the publishing of software source codes used by the public administration allows <em>total
transparency</em> to be
achieved by completely unveiling the building process of coding. The developing community will be able
to point out
weaknesses, identifying errors that will then be corrected as a result.
</p>
<p>
This "unveiling" of software is not a marketing element - it is a <em>cultural
change</em> amidst the Cantonal Administration.
By proceeding in such a way, the State of Geneva accepts to be placed under scrutiny and may risk
negative consequences on its image.
In summary, the functionality and security of Geneva State’s software may
only benefit from
this change; with flaws being detected that may not have surfaced during testing carried out solely by
the Cantonal Administration.
This does not imply creating a new open source publishing model belonging to Geneva’s
administration.
but rather rely on the most commonly used Web service - GitHub.
The free general public license, <em>GNU Affero</em> (AGPL 3.0), has been chosen by the State Council
to publish the source codes.
The Affero GPL license has been chosen for this purpose as it has been specifically designed for the Internet environment
and it prevents external users from privatizing the code.
Furthermore, the licence was written by the Free Software Foundation -
an internationally renowned and ethical organization.
</p>
<p>
The State of Geneva devised a full-fledged
<a href="https://github.com/republique-et-canton-de-geneve/strategie-open-source">open source strategy (in French)</a>
in order to implement the open source practices in its daily activities,
both for acquiring third-party software and for publishing its own production.
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