Open Source Observatory (OSOR)

UK’s Bolton hospital extends…

15/06/2017

The UK’s Bolton NHS Trust, with its headquarters at the Royal Bolton Hospital, has extended OpenEyes, a web-based patient records system for ophthalmology. The health services provider has funded the…

Galicia to add 70 libraries t…

15/06/2017

The government of Galicia (Spain) is to add 70 more libraries to its newly developed, Koha-based, integrated library management system, called Kohabib. The open source software solution allows…

Arles publishes vaccination m…

15/06/2017

OpenVaccin is the most recent addition to OpenMairie suite The city of Arles (France) has made OpenVaccin, a vaccination management solution, available as free software. The code, which is…

Swedish towns pool resources…

14/06/2017

Ten towns in Sweden are pooling time and money to organise the selection of ICT standards used for school administration software. The municipalities are leading a consortium that includes commercial…

Poland court: govt source cod…

14/06/2017

NGO will take EZD case to Supreme Administrative Court The source code for software solutions developed for and owned by public administrations in Poland does not have to be made public under European…

Free software campaign signs…

14/06/2017

MP Isabelle Attard, free software-champion, loses seat April, France’s free software advocacy organisation, is once again signing up candidates in the elections for France’s next National Assembly…

Slovakia officially approves…

09/06/2017

Mandates platform independence and open source In March, the government of the Slovak Republic officially approved its 2014 guideline on ICT standards. The guide provides detailed instructions for…

Public sector turns to Discou…

09/06/2017

To engage citizens, European public sector organisation are turning to Discourse, an online discussion forum and mailing list solution that is available as open source software. Over the past months,…

Public sector benefits from L…

09/06/2017

The software development community working on LibreOffice have greatly scaled up their bug-hunting efforts, using automated software test tools made available by Google. Beneficiaries include the many…

Global Witness open-sources L…

08/06/2017

Global Witness , an NGO focusing on the politics and human consequences of environmental problems and natural resources, has made its digital storytelling tool Longform available as open source…