Open Source Observatory (OSOR)

LI launches CHIPS Alliance

20/03/2019

This month the Linux Foundation launched the CHIPS Alliance , which will be home to open source projects related to microprocessors and Systems on a Chip ( SoCs ). All the early backers — Esperanto…

Digital sovereignty

18/03/2019

The European Union should encourage the use of free software, for example by setting quotas in public procurement and financing its development, says France’s Economic, Social and Environmental…

Underrated software legacy

13/03/2019

Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is calling on governments to help preserve source code. The appeal is gaining support from researchers, universities and…

Being open builds trust

08/03/2019

The new Norwegian Health Archives (Norsk helsearkiv, NHA) is being built using open source software, including operating system Linux, relational database management system MariaDB, search engine…

Focus on the workstation

07/03/2019

The Italian town of Montelupo Fiorentino is expanding its move to open source, following a decision by the town’s council. This year, the IT department aims to switch some 90% of all its PC…

Make your voice heard!

28/02/2019

Make your voice heard and help shape the future of OSOR! The European Commission (Directorate-General for Informatics, Interoperability Unit) is conducting a study to define the new vision and…

Security and compliance

26/02/2019

It is currently impossible for Sweden’s public sector to purchase web-based office services (word processing, email and text/video chat) that comply with the European General Data Protection…

Not having to choose

20/02/2019

Nijmegen , the oldest and 10th largest city of the Netherlands, is reinvigorating its open source policy. Last month, the City Council unanimously adopted the resolution 'Nijmegen digitally…

QGIS and OpenStreetMap

18/02/2019

The public works department of Bad Oeynhausen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is the most recent user of the QGIS geographic information system to have signed up for support at the KRZ municipal…

Encourage, not enforce

18/02/2019

On Friday, France’s minister of education declined calls from the national assembly to make the use of free and open source software a priority in schools. According to the minister, schools are…

OpenEO readies its API

15/02/2019

The OpenEO research project aims to make it easy to use Earth observation data from satellites to answer questions on land use, from environment and agriculture to biodiversity and ecology. Open…