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14/02/2019

The European Commission is conducting a study to define the new vision and strategy of OSOR . To contribute to this study, we are currently launching an online survey to collect views and opinions…

OSOR , OSS , open source software
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Public money, EUPL code

13/02/2019

Slovak proponents of the use of free and open source software are rallying for their country’s parliament to approve plans to share the source code of software solutions developed by and for public…

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Open Source Summit Europe 2019

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Software Freedom Kosova Conference 2019

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Future computer teachers

25/01/2019

The Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany has opened a new laboratory dedicated to open source software. High school student teachers will attend the lab to become familiar with open…

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Traffic light for cattle

24/01/2019

Universities and teachers across Greece are encouraging the country’s young schoolchildren to experiment with open source software and hardware. The Panhellenic Open Robotics Competition also…

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Koha conquers Finland

23/01/2019

On January 11th, the National Library of Finland has announced the successful migration of the University of Jyväskylä to Koha library system . It's so far the second and biggest migration to the free…

Koha, libraries, Finland, Voyager, Ex Libris, open science, Kansalliskirjasto, Finnish National Library, universities
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To increase visibility

21/01/2019

The Free State of Thuringia in Germany wants to increase the visibility of free and open source software. It is calling on the state’s companies, organisations and citizens to nominate projects…

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Open data, source, APIs

18/01/2019

Over a hundred European cities have agreed on ‘Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms’ defining the communication between software programmes and building blocks to allow co-creation and sharing of…

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Share, adapt and reuse

17/01/2019

It’s getting easier for France’s local and regional public services to manage their procurement entirely electronically, thanks to open source software. Adullact, a membership association that helps…

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Fund a mitigation approach

08/01/2019

EU Member States should agree on how to disclose software bugs and vulnerabilities in computer hardware, and the best ways to mitigate their risks, a study commissioned by the European Union Agency…

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