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Update. Here are some of my own past calls (2018-2020) for the EC specs to require that #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE) be #OpenSource.
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1241106910574784519
EC awarded the ORE contract to #F1000 in March 2020.
https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/european-commission-awards-contract-setting-open-access-publishing-platform-2020-03-20_en
#TaylorAndFrancis had acquired F1000 in January 2020.
https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/f1000-research-joins-taylor-francis/
F1000 Research joins Taylor & Francis Group - Taylor & Francis Newsroom
Leading specialist academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group, part of Informa plc, has today announced the addition of cutting-edge open research publisher F1000 Research Ltd.Jodie Bell (Taylor & Francis)
The #EuropeanCommission is finally considering whether "#OpenSource software (#OSS)…can be used as a foundation for developing the new #publishing platform" for EC-funded #OpenAccess research.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/cc087fd8-82b3-11ee-99ba-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
Unfortunately, the new software would merely "underpin" #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE), not replace it. ORE is proprietary software owned by #TaylorAndFrancis. When the EC called for bids on ORE, it did not require open code despite many calls to do so.
Analysis of the requirements for the Open Source infrastructure of the Open Research Europe Publishing Platform - Publications Office of the EU
Open Research Europe (ORE) is the peer-reviewed open-access publishing platform of the European Commission. It follows the post-publication peer review model to promote scientific transparency and reuse.Publications Office of the EU