EC Workshop called 'Open Source Software for Public Administrations' in Brussels, Belgium
7 April 2011 - 7 April 2011
Austria
This workshop, is an extension of the OSOR.eu platform initiated to help all open source software practitioners and stakeholders from European Administrations connect.
This workshop invites all Open Source stakeholders, public administrations, as well as businesses and/or citizens who interact with them: cross-border project implementers; developers of Open Source software; stakeholders in FP6 and FP7 research projects; researchers; businesses; European Commission officers; ePractice members and especially those linked to European Union funded initiatives to discuss these issues.
The workshop will cover the following issues:
• Licensing issues
o How to choose an Open Source software product for professional use
o Licensing implications in reusing OSS components
o The relation of open source software development to licensing
o The effect of open source licenses to the software development process.
o Choosing a license for your own software
• Software production perspective
o OSS production quality improvement
o Documenting Open Source Software
o How to interact with the OSOR community
o How to set up a project on OSOR.eu set up roles and manage contributions
Additional subjects falling within the umbrella of the workshop's topic in general are also welcome based on potential speaker proposals.
Deadlines:
• Summary (1 page) & 4 presentation slides to be submitted by 29 March 2011
• Speaker confirmation by 30 March 2011
• Final presentations (6 slides) 4 April 2011
For further information, please visit the workshop announcement or alternatively download the attached 'Call for participation'.
To make your registration active, create an ePractice account if you are not a current member. Thereafter, visit the workshop announcement as indicated above and scroll down until the yellow button reads 'participate in this workshop'.
Remarks :
To be considered for a speaker placement, please download and complete the attached 'Workshop form for speakers' by 21 March 2011 and submit to events@eurodyn.com with a copy to Eleni.Galyfianaki@eurodyn.com.
For more information, please see the following websites:
http://www.eurodyn.com | http://www.epractice.eu | http://www.osor.eu(opens in new window)
This workshop invites all Open Source stakeholders, public administrations, as well as businesses and/or citizens who interact with them: cross-border project implementers; developers of Open Source software; stakeholders in FP6 and FP7 research projects; researchers; businesses; European Commission officers; ePractice members and especially those linked to European Union funded initiatives to discuss these issues.
The workshop will cover the following issues:
• Licensing issues
o How to choose an Open Source software product for professional use
o Licensing implications in reusing OSS components
o The relation of open source software development to licensing
o The effect of open source licenses to the software development process.
o Choosing a license for your own software
• Software production perspective
o OSS production quality improvement
o Documenting Open Source Software
o How to interact with the OSOR community
o How to set up a project on OSOR.eu set up roles and manage contributions
Additional subjects falling within the umbrella of the workshop's topic in general are also welcome based on potential speaker proposals.
Deadlines:
• Summary (1 page) & 4 presentation slides to be submitted by 29 March 2011
• Speaker confirmation by 30 March 2011
• Final presentations (6 slides) 4 April 2011
For further information, please visit the workshop announcement or alternatively download the attached 'Call for participation'.
To make your registration active, create an ePractice account if you are not a current member. Thereafter, visit the workshop announcement as indicated above and scroll down until the yellow button reads 'participate in this workshop'.
Remarks :
To be considered for a speaker placement, please download and complete the attached 'Workshop form for speakers' by 21 March 2011 and submit to events@eurodyn.com with a copy to Eleni.Galyfianaki@eurodyn.com.
For more information, please see the following websites:
http://www.eurodyn.com | http://www.epractice.eu | http://www.osor.eu(opens in new window)