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Untitled Document The IDABC Open Source News Roundup – October 2005

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Welcome to the Open Source News Roundup.

This monthly alert serves to keep you informed of additions and updates to the content on the IDABC Open Source Observatory (OSO). The IDABC-OSO is a clearinghouse of informationrelated to free/libre/open source software in the public sector, and is intended to promote and spread the use of best practices in Europe. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of free and open source software policies and activities in the public sector, especially in current and future EU Member States.This service will keep you up-to-date with the latest open source software-related news, activities, initiatives and insights from across Europe and beyond.

Please feel free to forward this alert to any other interested persons, and to send us your comments and suggestions. We also welcome your contributions and we invite you to send in news items, announcements for events and other stories related to open source and of interest to public administrations to the email address mentioned before. Moreover, if you belong to a public authority or a public sector organisation and would be interested in being the subject of a case study for best practices regarding open source software, please contact us. All email should be sent to gposs@cec.eu.int.

The Open Source Software Inventory

The IDABC-OSO invites software projects to submit their software for inclusion in the OSO Software Inventory, a catalogue ofreplicable free / libre / open source software solutions for eGovernment. The aim of the Inventory is to classify and briefly describe these solutions, to provide contact information for thesoftware solution developers, to permit providers and potential users of eGovernment solutions to specify and search for relevant applications, and to thereby allow public administrations to estimate –if possible – whether and how these solutions might be replicable.

We invite you to submit any free / libre / open source software projects that your organisation or team has produced, for inclusion in the OSO Software Inventory. Submission of a software project is easy –you only need to fill in an online form (http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/chapter/5649)with a few questions regarding the nature of the software. Within a few days thereafter, you will see your software description online on the Inventory website.

To view the project descriptions available in this inventory, please go to http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/chapter/5649.

News this month on the Open Source Observatory

Arles (France), in progression towards Open Source (N°2)
Lawyers are claiming the Source Code of Breathalysers
New Zealand’s State Services Commission to focus on Open Source Software
National Open Source Software Center in the US
“Gentle” Open Source Software Migration at the German City of Mannheim
First Vietnamese Open Source Software Conference takes place in Hanoi
A call for nations in favour of open standards
OpenDocument file format for Australian Agencies
Peruvian public institutions have to consider Open Source Software
Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) 2005
US state finally chooses the OpenDocument Format
Wienux available for download
South African call for tenders for open source solutions for the government
Free / Open Source Software for every student of the Vauban high school in Brest

Case Studies

A Brief Overview – Open Source Software in Romania
Open Source Software Adoption in the Polish City of Gdańsk


Expert studies carried out by the OSO team

The OSO team has carried out several expert studies and the reports of these studies are available (in PDF form) on the expert studies section of the OSO. OSO.

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