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Support remains the weak link in open source software adoption

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This survey, and other similar reports, show there is a need for the support model businesses, and perhaps can alleviate the concerns of those in the open source community who believe all software should be free, and those who believe the code should be free, but that they deserve to be able to make a living from their work. Read more

Feb 6 2010

QualiPSo at FOSDEM 2010

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Feb-06-2010 - Feb-07-2010
Brussels

QualiPSo project will be represented at next FOSDEM event that will take place during 6-7 February in Brussels.

Next generation forge workshop, 26th of May, Paris, France.

Paris, France

A workshop is organized with the main forge developers guru's in europe! The Qualipso team will present their results.

OSS legal issue methodology? Article on Fossbazaar website!

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Nice article about IP Tracking methodology produced within Qualipso project. Don't miss it :-)

Launching the QualiPSo Italian Competence Center

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The QualiPSo Italian Competence Center is a no-profit no-loss consortium working on OSS field. It addresses particularly the needs of basic software & applications for schools, universities, municipalities, healthcare, SMEs...

Nov 16 2009

QualiPSo Factory, the Next Generation Forge Environment

Nov-16-2009

First release of QualiPSo Factory, an open service oriented integration framework with well-defined interfaces between the components which facilitate integration of further services and integration with the corporate information system.

Dec 9 2009

European OpenSource & Free Software Law Event (EOLE)

Dec-09-2009
Bruxelles

The European OpenSource & Free Software Law Event (EOLE) is an event that aims to promote the sharing and dissemination of legal knowledge on Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) licences, as well as the development and promotion of good practices in the field. Given the scientific orientation of the conference, a particular attention is paid to the delivery of qualitative information on a neutral and non-partisan basis.

The QualiPSO consortium supports this event and will held a presentation during the conference on Legal issues & FOSS promotion in the EU.

Oct 21 2009

2020 FLOSS Roadmap, 2009 edition

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Oct-21-2009

For its first edition, Open World Forum had launched an initiative of prospective unique in the world: the 2020 FLOSS Roadmap.

This Roadmap is a projection of the influences that will affect FLOSS until 2020, with descriptions of all FLOSS-related trends as anticipated by an international workgroup of 40 contributors over this period of time and highlights 7 predictions and 8 recommendations. 2009 edition of Open World Forum gave place to an update of this Roadmap reflecting the evolutions noted during the last months.

More details available at 2020flossroadmap

Nov 17 2009

fOSSa Conference 2009

Nov-17-2009 - Nov-18-2009
World Trade Center, Grenoble, France

The history of FOSS can be traced back to academic origins: