Spending on nonfree software
Andrei Cristian Petcu made this access to documents request to European Parliament This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear European Parliament,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
What was the budget allocated for nonfree (proprietary) software licenses for the Europeean Parliament in the last 5 years (2007-2012).
Yours faithfully,
Andrei Ion
Dear Mr Ion,
Please be informed that your request for information will be replied to
by the EP Citizen Enquiry Service, as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Transparency - Public Access to documents
Library and Document Management Directorate
DG Presidency
European Parliament
Dear Sir,
I refer to your recent request for information regarding the budget
allocated for non-free software licenses for the European Parliament in
the last 5 years. The Citizens' Enquiry Service has been asked to reply.
The table below highlights the European Parliament's previous expenditure
on the acquisition of such licenses:
2007 756 908,72
2008 3 198 861,17
2009 2 358 485,02
2010 1 296 842,18
2011 3 436 432,67
Please note that the figures are expressed in Euros.
We must also add that, as the budget for this year has yet to be
completed, the figures for 2012 are currently unavailable.
We hope that you find this information useful and thank you for your
interest in the European Parliament.
Yours sincerely,
Citizens' Enquiry Service
European Parliament