EU-FOSSA 2

So what does FOSS stand for?

07/05/2019

The European Commission is an enthusiastic user, producer and contributor of free and open source software (FOSS). Freely licensed to use, copy, study and change in any way, open source code is…

Training on ASF Projects

01/05/2019

The next EU-FOSSA 2 Hackathon , on 4/5th May, has broadened its scope. It will still have a large focus on Apache Tomcat, but will now also include other communities under the Apache Software…

Ready for a challenge?

10/04/2019

For the next two weeks, the European Commission is raising its EU-FOSSA bug bounty awards. It is giving a 50% bonus for critical bugs, and a 30% bonus for other vulnerabilities. This means that…

Co-creating the future of OS

01/04/2019

The EU-FOSSA 2 initiative will host three hackathons during 2019. With over 50 confirmed participants, the first hackathon focuses on PHP Symfony. It will take place in Brussels on 6 and 7 April.…

EUR 3,000 to EUR 25,000

14/01/2019

The European Commission has announced the awards for its innovative open source bug bounty programme. Software developers who find security vulnerabilities in the selected open source software, will…

Permanent fixture

08/02/2018

Following the success of its first open source bug bounty, the European Commission is preparing a second, larger project. As well as paying software hackers to uncover bugs, the EC is also considering…

HackerOne VLC

29/11/2017

The European Commission has launched its first ever bug bounty. It will award between EUR 100 and EUR 3000 for bugs found in VLC media player. The programme will run until the first weeks of January…

Open Source Summit

16/11/2017

The European Commission’s Interoperability Unit (ISA²) is organising a round table discussion in Paris (France) on 6 December. This workshop , which is part of the Paris Open Source Summit , will…