#DigitalGreenCertificateFOSS Open source the development of the European Vaccination Passport!

On Wednesday 17 March 2021, the European Commission published a press release proposing a digital green certificate (Digital Vaccination Certificate). [1]

This certificate will serve as proof of whether a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19, has received a negative test result or has recovered from COVID-19.

We call on the European Commission to make the development of the vaccination certificate open source and cost-effective.

In particular, the following points should be considered:

1. No money to companies for development (See https://github.com/corona-warn-app)
2. Active participation of the population in development
3. Appointment of independent developers, e.g. from the field of charitable / non-profit apolitical organisations, to be responsible for development
4. Publication of all software components including certificate and backup server software, client software etc.
5. Good and understandable documentation
6. Reference implementation in a common programming language e.g. C
7. The source code should be published on an appropriate software collaboration platform e.g. Github

We call on all parties to work together constructively, regardless of political orientation, to quickly find a common solution.

Sources

[1] Cf. Coronavirus: Commission proposes a Digital Green Certificate

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_1181