The drone helicopter Ingenuity, landed on Mars on February 18, represents a success for the Open Source community, as it runs on a Linux operating system and is based on an Open Source Software framework, called F’ (“F Prime”). February 18 will be remembered as a historical date. For the first time, Mars is hosting the drone helicopter “Ingenuity” on its ground, as a result of the Mars Helicopter mission run by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The mission is a technology demonstration included in the broader NASA mission Mars 2020, whose main goal is to seek signs of ancient life and…

The final results of the European Commission Study on the Impact of Open Source Software and Hardware were presented on 5 February at the European Open Source Policy Summit, opened by Commissioner Breton. A part of this presentation was the recommendation to leverage the European Commission Open Source Programme Office (OSPO) to scale Open Source across Europe. Sachiko Muto, CEO of OpenForum Europe opened the conference by saying the study is “a big moment” for European Open Source policy and beyond. The Commission’s DG Connect tasked Fraunhofer ISI and OpenForum Europe to conduct a…