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Software Power: The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Open Source Software
Software Power: The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Open Source Software by Alice Pannier, Research Fellow, Head of Ifri*'s Geopolitics of Technology Program *IFRI is the French Institute of…
NEWSCreated: 05/01/2023Updated Date: 06/01/2023
EU study on the impact of open source published
The study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware for the European Commission found that open source software and hardware are key for the region's digital transformation and can be a major…
NEWSCreated: 06/09/2021Updated Date: 06/09/2021
'Open Source will be a key element to achieve Europe’s resilience and digital sovereignty'
Open source gained increasing interest on the political level of digital policy discussions in recent months. Recently, the European Commission set up an Open Source Programme Office and expressed…
NEWSCreated: 28/06/2021Updated Date: 30/06/2021
ESOP joins APELL
The Association of Portuguese Open Source Software Companies (ESOP) joins its Finnish, French and German counterparts as a new member of the European Open Source Business Association (APELL). The…
NEWSCreated: 09/02/2021Updated Date: 16/02/2021
The latest survey of over 1200 contributors provides recommendations for more secure Open Source Software
A new report on a survey of over 1,200 Open Source contributors has been published as a part of a bigger research on improving security and sustainability of Open Source Software. What are the most…
NEWSCreated: 21/12/2020Updated Date: 21/12/2020
What is the value of Open Source? Preliminary results of the Commission's study
The first results of the study on the impact of Open Source Software and Open Source Hardware conducted for the European Commission were presented. It found that increasing the number of commits to…
NEWSCreated: 13/11/2020Updated Date: 13/11/2020
Europe’s open source service providers appeal for political support
Open source trade associations from France, Germany and Finland have joined forces to create the Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre (APELL). The new umbrella organisation was…
NEWSCreated: 04/02/2020Updated Date: 14/09/2020
Opinion: To be successful, GAIA-X shouldn't have a budget
Europe's GAIA-X project, meant to develop an alternative to US cloud services, has the participation of dozens of European companies. And the government is expected to pour in significant funds to…
NEWSCreated: 17/12/2019Updated Date: 06/01/2020
European TSO's go open source in building the smart electricity grid
RTE and TenneT, the two largest European electricity transmission system operators (TSOs), will discuss their digitalisation and open source strategies in a webinar on 8 August 2019. Both operators…
NEWSCreated: 01/08/2019Updated Date: 02/08/2019
Spanish Air Force fights obsolescence and insecurity through open source
Keeping the ICT systems and infrastructures of the Spanish Air Force secure is like fighting a many-headed dragon. So Col. Fernando Acero Martin, Director of Cyber Defence at the Spanish Air Force…
NEWSCreated: 22/07/2019Updated Date: 22/07/2019
OECD: open-source software pivotal in artificial intelligence
Open-source software plays an important role in artificial intelligence (AI). This includes specific software libraries, editors and development environments, and machine learning platforms. So say…
NEWSCreated: 23/11/2018Updated Date: 06/12/2018
Open-source RISC processors making waves in research and industry
It's still early in terms of silicon implementations, tooling and operating system support, but the open RISC-V processor specification is making inroads in the processor world. As RISC-V Marketing…
NEWSCreated: 11/10/2018Updated Date: 04/04/2019