Nouvelle version novembre 2022 pour le cadre de bonne gouvernance open source « GGI »

Lors de l’Open Source Experience à Paris, l'OSPO Alliance a annoncé la disponibilité de GGI (Good Governance Initiative) 1.1. Le cadre méthodologique a réalisé des progrès significatifs et est maintenant utilisé dans la structuration de démarches « OSPO ».

Paris, 24 novembre, 2022 – Après un an d'existence, l'OSPO Alliance annonce la sortie de la version 1.1 du cadre méthodologique proposé par l’initiative GGI de bonne gouvernance de l’open source. Cette version comprend des améliorations majeures, notamment un processus de traduction, un déploiement automatisé et un premier cas d'utilisation, présentés à Open Source Experience (OSXP), les 8 et 9 novembre. Le cadre méthodologique de GGI aide à évaluer et à améliorer la sensibilisation, la conformité et la gouvernance de l'open source au sein des organisations. Aujourd'hui, GGI fait partie intégrante de l’OSPO Alliance, lancée en 2021 par des organisations européennes à but non lucratif (OW2, Eclipse Foundation, OpenForum Europe et Foundation for Public Code). Dans le cadre des outils fournis par l'initiative, le manuel GGI « GGI Handbook » distingue 25 activités, de l'analyse des composants logiciels et des meilleures pratiques de développement, à la formation, aux RH et à l'éducation des cadres, qui sont organisées en objectifs, de la découverte à l'engagement et à la stratégie. Ce processus d'évaluation aboutit à des tableaux de bord permettant de décrire et d'évaluer comment chaque activité est mise en œuvre dans une organisation.
Avec l’arrivée de la version 1.1, la méthodologie  GGI inclut les nouvelles fonctionnalités suivantes :
• Disponibilité linguistique et traduction du manuel GGI : Un processus de traduction ouvert a été mis en place et s'appuie sur le logiciel open source weblate. Des versions allemande et française sont déjà disponibles, et trois autres langues sont en cours de traduction: portugais, espagnol, italien.
• Déploiement automatisé : la nouvelle fonctionnalité de déploiement permet à tout utilisateur d'installer rapidement sa propre instance sur GitLab et d'accéder à un tableau de bord personnalisé à l'aide de l’interface "My GGI Board".
• Cas d’usages : la dissémination, l’adoption et le déploiement de la méthodologie pour obtenir des retours des utilisateurs fait partie des objectifs de l'initiative. Une première implémentation et témoignage client avec la Ville de Paris est disponible et était présentée lors de l'OSXP par Philippe Bareille, Responsable Open Source.

D'autres développements sont sur la feuille de route pour les mois à venir, tels que l'enrichissement du manuel, l'ajout de nouvelles métriques pour mieux suivre les progrès réalisés, le déploiement sur plusieurs plates-formes et davantage d'événements proposés via la série de webinaires OnRamp.

A propos OSPO Alliance et GGI :
L’initiative de bonne gouvernance (GGI) propose un cadre méthodologique pour évaluer et améliorer la sensibilisation, la conformité et la gouvernance open source dans tout type d'organisation, en aidant à construire et à maintenir un OSPO réussi. GGI a été initiée par OW2 et est développé par l’OSPO Alliance. Plus d'informations : http://www.ospo-alliance.org.

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New release November 2022 for the open source good governance framework

At Open Source Experience in Paris, members of the OSPO Alliance announce release of GGI 1.1. « GGI » framework achieved significant progresses and is now in use to help building OSPOs.

Paris, November 7, 2022 – After one year of existence, the OSPO Alliance announces the release of version 1.1 of the methodology framework proposed by the Good Governance Initiative (GGI). This version includes major improvements (i.e. translation process, automated deployment and a first use case) which will be presented at Open Source Experience, Nov. 8-9.

The Good Governance Initiative (GGI) methodological framework helps to assess and improve open-source awareness, compliance and governance within organizations. Today the GGI is an integral part of the OSPO Alliance, which was launched in 2021 by European non-profit organizations (OW2, Eclipse Foundation, OpenForum Europe and Foundation for Public Code).  As part of the tools provided by the initiative, the GGI Handbook distinguishes 25 activities, from Software Composition Analysis and development best practices, to training, HR and executives' education, which are organized into goals, from discovery to engagement and strategy. This evaluation process leads to scorecards enabling to describe and assess how each activity is implemented in a company.

With the achievement of the version 1.1, the GGI framework includes the following features :
    • Language availability and translation of the GGI Handbook: An open translation process  has been set up and is based on the dedicated open source project weblate. German and French versions are already available, and three others languages are under preparation : Portuguese, Spanish, Italian.
    • Automated Deployment: The new deployment feature enables any user to quickly install its own instance on GitLab and get access to a customized dashboard using the “My GGI Board”.
    • Success Stories: Developing market adoption by engaging users and organizations of all sizes, and get market feedback is part of the initiative’s objectives. A first implementation and customer testimonial with the City of Paris is available and will be presented during Open Source Experience by Philippe Bareille, Open Source Officer on November 8 at 17:45.
Further developments are on the roadmap for the coming months, such as enrichment of the handbook, integration of metrics to better track progress, deployment on multiple platforms, and more events proposed through the OnRamp webinar series.

About OSPO Alliance and GGI:
The Good Governance Initiative (GGI) proposes a methodological framework to assess and improve open-source awareness, compliance and governance in any type of organizations, helping them to build and maintain a successful OSPO. The GGI was initiated by OW2 and is developed by the OSPO Alliance. More information  at : http://www.ospo-alliance.org.

Contacts :
Eclipse – Florent Zara  florent.zara@eclipse-foundation.org
OW2 – Catherine Nuel catherine.nuel@ow2.org 

Download the Press Release (PDF)

See previous announcement (version 1.0 of the Good Governance Handbook, dated November 2021). 

La Communauté Open Source OW2 largement représentée à Open Source Experience à Paris 

 Les 8 et 9 novembre, OW2 est visible à la fois sur un stand dédié et dans l’ensemble de l’exposition avec pas moins de 13 stands tenus pas des membres actifs de la communauté !   

Paris, France, le 3 novembre 2022 – OW2, la communauté de promotion des logiciels open source pour les systèmes d'information annonce sa présence annonce à Open Source Experience 2022 qui se tiendra les 8 et 9 novembre au Palais des Congrès de Paris. Toute la communauté OW2 est fortement représentée à OSXP avec la présence de pas moins de 13 membres OW2 dans l'espace d'exposition. 

Sur le stand OW2 (#C16), les visiteurs découvriront les trois membres de l’association et quelques initiatives :

• FusionDirectory la solution de gestion des identités (IAM) présente sa nouvelle place de marché.
• Xwiki présente les dernières actualités de sa plateforme de gestion des connaissances et de la suite collaborative Cryptpad.
• L’université d’OSLO présente sa plateforme d'optimisation multicloud Morphemic.
• Le projet H2020 NGI Search présente le soutien financier proposé aux logiciels innovants permettant d’améliorer les méthodes de recherche et de découverte de données sur Internet.
• L’initiative de bonne gouvernance open source (GGI) portée par l’OSPO Alliance parle de son cadre méthodologique pour aider les organisations à structurer l'utilisation des logiciels libres vers un OSPO. 

Les autres membres d'OW2 sont  quant à eux présentés sur leurs propres stands : Alter way, BlueMind, Centreon, FactorFX, Huawei, Inria, Microsoft, PrestaShop, Smile, Worteks. 

Au delà de l'exposition, la communauté OW2 est également visible dans les conférences et participe à trois tables rondes :
• « Développer les OSPO avec l'initiative Bonne Gouvernance », le 8 novembre, de 11h10 à 11h55.
• « Gouvernance ouverte dans les grandes organisations », le 8 novembre, à partir de 17h45. à 18h15
• « Risques et opportunités pour les éditeurs open source européens face aux géants de l'informatique », le 9 novembre, de 15h30 à 16h15. 

Pour plus d'informations sur OW2 à Open Source Experience, veuillez visiter : https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/Open_Source_Experience_2022 

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29 & 30 Juin 2022 
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Hall 5.1
Le symposium Cloud – Datacenter + Infra accueille 46 conférenciers, DSI, RSSI, DPO et experts des projets d’infrastructures et de services répartis,
incluant la conférence Open Cloud par OW2, dédiée aux projets open source. 

Paris, le 13 juin 2022 – Le symposium Cloud - Datacenter + Infra devient le point de départ des projets de transformation numérique planifiés cet été et au-delà. Pas moins de 8 discours inauguraux et 12 débats publics sont également distribués entre les salles Monet et Picasso dédiées respectivement au Cloud et aux Datacenters & Infrastructures. 

Le programme 2022 considère la cybersécurité, la conformité réglementaire, l’intelligence des données et l'empreinte environnementale du datacenter comme quatre enjeux principaux, au moment où le système d’information s’appuie sur un ou plusieurs clouds, parfois sur l’edge computing, des réseaux fixes et mobiles, et un nombre croissant de services managés. 

Au total, plus de 200 marques sont représentées au fil des stands et dans les conférences. Organisateurs, exposants et intervenants ont à cœur d’échanger leur point de vue avec les 6 000 visiteurs attendus, décideurs IT pour la plupart. Ils sont prêts à signaler des pistes concrètes de migration, à remonter des cas d’usages des technologies fructueuses dans leur environnement, par exemple pour extraire de la valeur à partir de données captées en temps réel.

Tendances technologiques, modèles économiques et applications à la demande s’appuient volontiers sur des projets open source à présent. L’Open Cloud par OW2 réunit une douzaine d’orateurs internationaux, experts des logiciels au code source ouvert. Il est accessible à partir de 16h30 le 29 juin et de 9h30 à midi le 30 juin, dans le Hall 5.1 toujours.


IoT World et le Symposium Cloud font la part belle aux infrastructures, plateformes et services délivrés à la demande. Après deux années de transition pour cause de crise sanitaire, ils deviennent le reflet d’un événement incontournable pour l’évolution des applications distribuées d’entreprise et de leurs socles technologiques.


Visitez nos exposants, partenaires, conférences, intervenants : https://www.datacenter-cloud.com/

OPEN CLOUD par OW2 - le 29 juin 2022 - Salle Renoir

• 16h30 - 16h45 Découvrez la communauté open source internationale OW2 par Pierre-Yves GIBELLO, CEO d'OW2

• 16h45 à 17h00 15 ans de Sat4j dans OW2 : la valeur d'une communauté open source pour un logiciel académique par Daniel LE BERRE - Professeur informatique, Université d'Artois / CNRS

• 17h00 - 17h15 Témoignage de l’éditeur de logiciels KNOWAGE LABS, Engineering SpA avec Daniele GAGLIARDI et Stefano SCAMUZZO - KNOWAGE LABS, ENGINEERING GROUP (English)

• 17h15 - 17h45 Table ronde : Systèmes d'information : comment gérer les interactions avec l'écosystème open source ? avec Florian CARINGI - Leader Big Data NATIXIS (Groupe BPCE), Laurent MARIE - Fondateur et PDG de WORTEKS, Nicolas TOUSSAINT - Expert Open Source ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES, Gilles VITON - Chef du programme communautaire open source d'ORANGE
  

• 17h45 - 18h00 Cérémonie de remise des prix OW2con’22 Best Project Awards avec Jean PARPAILLON - Président d’OW2.

OPEN CLOUD par OW2 - le 30 juin 2022 - Salle Renoir

• 9h45 - 10h05 Fusion IAM : la gestion des identités et des accès open source avec Benoit MORTIER - CEO de Fusion Directory et Clément OUDOT - Identity Manager Worteks

• 10h05 - 10h25 Centreon : la plateforme de supervision en mode SaaS

• 10h25 - 10h45 Discover GLPI v.10 main features and cloud offer, avec Polina MARISHICHEVA - Digital Marketing Manager, TECLIB (English session)

• 10h45 - 11h15 QuickApp : la plateforme d’apps légères sans installation avec Christian PATERSON - Fondateur et consultant en stratégie open source OPEN UP

• 11h15 - 12h00 Table ronde : Risques et opportunités pour les éditeurs européens open source face aux géants du cloud avec Pierre BAUDRACCO - CEO BLUEMIND, Ludovic DUBOST - CEO, XWIKI, Stéfane FERMIGIER - Founder & CEO, ABILIAN, Laurent MARIE - Fondateur et PDG de WORTEKS

New CEO Pierre-Yves Gibello announced by the OW2 Board of Directors

The OW2 open source association board of directors is announcing that Pierre-Yves Gibello
has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer effective Friday, April 4, 2022. 

Paris, France, March 3, 2022 – OW2, the community that promotes free software for information systems, is delighted to welcome Pierre-Yves Gibello as its new CEO. The software industry expert and passionate open source explorer will build on the foundations laid by Cedric Thomas since 15 years. 

Pierre-Yves Gibello has worked for small and large IT players, as well as research institutes. He has created his own company, and still develops software code, while remaining curious and agile, practising alpinism, backpacking travels and cross-country skiing.

« OW2 became globally recognised during the last 15 years, and its code base increasingly focused on open source software solutions for corporate information systems. Having said that, the vision and the values remain unchanged. The vision is that open source is part of the global software industry and our driving values are still openness, transparency, fairness, trust and independence, » said Cedric Thomas, OW2 CEO since its inception in 2007.

OW2 ambitions to re-inforce its position as key player in the global ecosystem of open source communities with a particular attention given to the development of OW2 Market Readiness Levels and the OW2 Open Source Good Governance Initiative, both of which contribute to the professionalisation of open source software.

Pierre-Yves Gibello, OW2 new CEO, added : « What differentiates us from other open source organisations is our associative spirit, democratic governance (with small companies and individuals being really influential), and mind openness: we don't reject any project, license or initiative by principle, instead we make collegial choices. [...] Big actors and established projects are joining us: companies like AlterWay, Microsoft, Huawei, institutions like Fraunhofer or City of Paris, projects like Rocket.Chat or BlueMind. And some new announces will come soon… »

Learn how OW2 will stay proactive in OSS governance in large organisations. Read the full interviews of the former and new OW2 CEO.  

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software for information systems and to fostering their business ecosystems. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals world wide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects, including: ASM, AuthzForce, BlueMind, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, Petals ESB, Prelude, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.

Download the Press Release

The OW2 Quick App Initiative publicly showcased at Open Source Experience

Initiative participants introduced the quick app dynamic to the wider open source ecosystem through a dedicated booth, industry panel and talk. 

Paris, November 29 - November 9-10 saw the OW2 Quick App Initiative showcase at the inaugural Open Source Experience event in Paris. Representatives from the /e/ Foundation, Famobi, FRVR and Huawei jointly animated a booth, industry panel, and conference talk.

The event is one of the largest open source events in Europe, bringing together an eclectic mix of companies, organizations, decision makers and aficionados. This year saw more than 5000 visitors and also hosted Amélie de Montchalin, French Minister of Transformation and Public Services, who announced actions for accelerating the use of open source software within public administrations.

At the initiative booth, Danish headquartered FRVR showcased their amazing quick app, Worlds FRVR, a new block-building sandbox game that has already organically grown to over a million monthly active users across platforms.

“Instant apps at native quality are the inevitable future. There is no longer any technical barrier blocking the magical experiences they can deliver. FRVR supports quick apps because they provide a realistic pathway to that future being fair and equitable for both platforms and developers.” Kester Bishop,  Strategic Projects lead, FRVR

Joining FRVR on the booth, Famobi GmbH, one of Europe’s leading quick app and HTML5 game companies, helped expound the quick app concept to visitors. And both companies, alongside Huawei and luminary Gaël Duval, provided invaluable insight into the need and potential of quick apps to create a new and more sovereign app ecosystem in Europe during the panel discussion.

“Times have changed and we live in a faced paced environment where users look for frictionless, instant access to applications. OSXP gave us the chance to connect with like-minded people in the area of web-technology.  We at Famobi always strive to bring new standards to the market and with the OW2 Quick App Initiative we do it again.” Ilker Aydin, Founder and CEO, Famobi GmbH

To round off the event, Martin Alvarez representing Huawei, gave a “standing room only” talk introducing the concept of mini-apps, the W3C MiniApp working group, and quick apps as an implementation of W3C standards.

OW2 Quick App Initiative participation to this superb event was made possible thanks to the support of Huawei, event Gold sponsor, and its commitment to the open source ecosystem in Europe.

“Huawei is proud to support the OW2 Quick App Initiative. It’s a wonderful example of open discussion and collaboration across domains and borders. Sponsoring the Open Source Experience event allowed us to show our appreciation for the European open source ecosystem, and meet its many unique and varied actors.” Zhao Bo, Director Consumer Business Group, Huawei Europe Standards and Industry Development.

The Open Source Experience caps a fantastic post-launch period for the initiative that saw it gain peer recognition from Systematic’s Hub Open Source, launch an extensive developer portal, talk at 4 conferences, and welcome onboard 2 awesome new participants:
    • Digital privacy and alternative mobile platform proponent e Foundation (France).
    • Smart home interoperability solutions provider, Olisto (Holland).

“Anything that can help the emergence of a new open source standard in mobile application development should be encouraged and supported. This is the reason for our support for the OW2 Quick App Initiative.” Philippe Montargès, President of the Systematic Open Source Hub

“The mobile application ecosystem needs new and independent standards to design faster and easier access to applications. That's the reason why e Foundation supports the MiniApps/Quick Apps initiative that draws a new horizon for app users and publishers.” Gaël Duval, Founder and President, /e/ Foundation

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software for information systems and to fostering their business ecosystems. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals world wide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects, including: ASM, AuthzForce, BlueMind, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, Petals ESB, Prelude, Prestashop, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.

Contacts
OW2 Management Office  – Catherine Nuel  catherine.nuel@ow2.org
OW2 Quick App Initiative - quickapp-team@ow2.org
                       
- Download the Press Release (PDF) .

- See the article published by Systematic Hub Open Source (in French). 

OSPO Alliance Announces the OSS Good Governance Handbook
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 08:00

The OSPO Alliance today announced the publication of the first version of the Open Source Good Governance Handbook. Collaboratively developed in the framework of the OW2 Open Source Good Governance initiative, the handbook introduces a methodology to implement professional management of open source software in an organisation. It addresses the need to use open source software properly and fairly, safeguarding organisations from technical, legal and IP threats, and maximising for them the advantages of open source.

This methodology goes beyond compliance and liability. It is about building awareness in communities of end-users (open software developers themselves) and systems integrators, and developing mutually beneficial relationships within the FOSS ecosystem.

The Good Governance Handbook provides a comprehensive methodology based on a few key concepts. From a generic perspective, the approach is structured along five Goals (Usage, Trust, Culture, Engagement and Strategy), each supported by five Canonical Activities described in the handbook. At execution stage, the methodology requires adapting the Canonical Activities to the specific condition of each organisation by transferring them into Customized Activity Scorecards which, put together, constitute a roadmap for setting up and running an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and a management system to monitor progress.

The OSS Good Governance Handbook is the first major publication of the OSPO Alliance to help companies and public institutions implement an Open Source Program Office (OSPO).  The OSPO Alliance provides an organisation-neutral venue for contributors to share resources, experience and skills. Supporters can opt to contribute in several ways: at the new OSPO.Zone website, contribute directly to the next steps of the Good Governance Initiative methodology, and share their experiences (both successes and failures!) as case studies or with more informal short interviews. 

“This publication is the result of nearly two years of collaborative work with OW2 members and OSS practitioners. We are now moving to the implementation and customization phase with some key adopters of the methodology. We are excited to publish this effort with the OSPO Alliance,” said Cédric Thomas, CEO of OW2.

The OSPO Alliance is also pleased to welcome eight new supporters, including the Free Software Foundation Europe, SAP, and WiPro.

Quotations From Supporters About Their Participation In the OSPO Alliance:

“APELL (Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre), Europe’s Open Source Business Association, and its national members, are eager to support the mission of the OSPO Alliance. Europe is an open source champion, and there is still massive potential to tap everywhere from large and small software vendors to big open source users, both in the private and public sectors. We see that this partnership will be very important to strengthening not only Europe's but the world's capacity to use and contribute to open source at an even greater scale. Increased understanding of open source governance and the establishment of Open Source Programme Offices hold massive potential to enable open innovation at large in society,” said Timo Väliharju, Founder and board member of APELL.

“The CNLL, the association representing the free software sector in France, has long supported the creation of OSPOs, or "free software missions", in France, at the level of the Government but also at the level of major local authorities, as well as at the European level. The mission of these OSPOs in France should be to make concrete the notion of "encouraging the use of free software" within the administration, as provided for in Article 16 of the Digital Republic Act (or Lemaire Act) of 2016. These OSPOs should network with each other and with organizations representing the industry in order to fully realize the economic and strategic benefits of OSS in Europe,” said Stéfane Fermigier, co-president of CNLL.

“The OSB Alliance – Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V. represents about 170 companies from the Open Source economy. We are committed to sustainably anchoring the central importance of open source software and open standards for a digitally sovereign society in the public consciousness.

“For the OSB Alliance establishing an OSPO is a great strategic approach for public or private organisations to professionalize their engagement with the Open Source Ecosystem. So we see the OSPO Alliance as an exciting new European initiative to support organisations in the public, private or academia sector with information and best practices on OSPOs. Such support can especially accelerate the process of setting up important OSPOs as planned e.g. at EU level or the planned Zendis in Germany,” declared Peter Ganten, Chairman of the OSBA-Board.

     
“The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a charity that empowers users to control technology. Since 2001 the FSFE has been enhancing users' rights by abolishing barriers for software freedom. For 20 years FSFE has been helping individuals and organisations to understand how Free Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination.

Joining OSPO.Zone is another brick in the wall to ensure that more Free Software is developed and used - be it in the private or governmental sector. Free Software gives everybody the right to use, study, share and improve software. To make sure that these rights are understood and used an OSPO can make a difference,” said Matthias Kirschner, President Free Software Foundation Europe

About the OSPO Alliance:
The OSPO Alliance was established by leading European open source non-profit organisations, including OW2, Eclipse Foundation, OpenForum Europe, and Foundation for Public Code, and experienced practitioners with the aim to grow awareness for open source in Europe and to globally promote structured, responsible and professional management of open source by companies and administrations. OSPO.Zone is the new website for delivering the resources and collaboration envisaged by the OSPO Alliance. Learn more at https://ospo.zone.

OW2 présente les "Market Readiness Levels", une méthode d'évaluation du potentiel commercial des projets open source.

A l’occasion de la conférence Open Source Experience, la communauté OW2 est fière de présenter sa méthode “Market Readiness Levels” (MRL), déjà implémentée au sein de la base de code OW2 et mise à disposition de l’ensemble de la communauté open source. 

Paris, France, le 8 novembre 2021 –  OW2, la communauté internationale des logiciels open source pour les systèmes d’information révèle sa méthodologie MRL “Market Readiness Levels”. L’évaluation des projets open source est un challenge permanent qu’OW2 a relevé avec succès en définissant un indicateur composite unique. La méthode a déjà été appliquée à la base de code OW2 et est mise à disposition de l’ensemble de la communauté open source.

L’objectif des MRL est de faciliter l’adoption des logiciels open source par les décideurs traditionnels, c’est-à-dire ceux qui ne sont pas nécessairement familiers avec l’open source. Pour ces nouveaux utilisateurs formés aux pratiques commerciales des vendeurs de logiciels propriétaires l’open source reste un modèle contre-intuitif dont les spécificités techniques, juridiques et communautaires sont source d’incertitudes peu propices à des décisions positives.  Avec MRL les décideurs disposent d’un index qui positionne les projets open source en fonction de critères de décision “business” auxquels ils sont habitués. L’open source va à leur rencontre. 

MRL est à la fois un outil d’aide à la décision pour les développeurs, architectes et décideurs IT, et un instrument d’auto-évaluation pour les responsables de projets. MRL permet à ces derniers d’identifer les axes d’amélioration qui accroitront le potentiel d’adoption du projet par le marché.  A un niveau plus général, MRL a pour ambition de contribuer à la professionnalisation et à l’industrialisation du secteur du logiciel open source. La méthode vise à rendre les projets plus « consommables » par le marché, et améliore en parallèle le niveau de confiance des utilisateurs.
Les détails de la méthodologie, ses trois niveaux d’analyse et la centaine de critères pris en compte seront présentés à Open Source Experience (OSXP) lors d’une session dédiée. Cinq projets de la base de code OW2 évalués par la méthode prendront ensuite la parole (XWiki, LemonLDAP, BlueMind, Lutece, et OCS Inventory). Ces retours d’expériences et témoignages permettront d’illustrer les bénéfices de MRL pour les producteurs de technologies open source. MRL est accessible bien évidemment en open source et librement applicable à d’autres bases de code.

Assistez à la présentation de MRL à Open Source Experience le 10 novembre à 11h15, salle 243. 

A propos d’OW2
OW2 est une communauté informatique indépendante dédiée à la promotion du logiciel open source et à l’animation d’un écosystème d'affaires. OW2 héberge une centaine de projets technologiques dont ADR App, ASM, AuthzForce, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, Petals ESB, Prelude, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org, suivez-nous sur twitter @ow2

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OW2  introduces the « Market Readiness Levels », a method for evaluating the business potential of open source projects.

At Open Source Experience, the OW2 Community is proud to present MRL, a method already implemented within the OW2 code base et made available now to the entire open source community. 

Paris, France, Novembre 8, 2021 –  OW2, the community promoting open source software for information systems reveals its methodology MRL “Market Readiness Levels”. Evaluating open source projects is a permanent challenge that OW2 has chosen to meet by defining a unique composite indicator. The method is now applied to the projects from the OW2 code base.

This indicator facilitates the evaluation and adoption of open source projects from the point of view of corporate information systems managers, those who are not familiar with open source. For these new users, educated in the commercial practices of proprietary software vendors, open source remains a counter-intuitive model; its technical, legal and community specificities are a source of uncertainty that is not very favourable to positive decisions. Mainstream decision-makers must hear a language they understand. This is the role of the Market Readiness Levels (MRL) method developed by OW2 for evaluating open source projects. With MRL, decision-makers have a familiar indicator that positions open source projects according to the “business” decision criteria they are used to. Open source is moving towards them.

MRL is both a decision support tool for developers, architects and IT decision makers, and a self-assessment tool for project managers. MRL allows them to identify areas for improvement that will increase the potential for adoption of the project by the market. At a more general level, MRL aims to contribute to the professionalization and industrialization of the open source software sector. The method aims to make the projects more "consumable" by the market, and at the same time improves the level of user confidence. Details of the methodology, its three levels of analysis and the hundreds of criteria taken into account will be presented to Open Source Experience (OSXP) during a dedicated session. Five projects from the OW2 code base evaluated by the method will then speak (XWiki, LemonLDAP, BlueMind, Lutece, and OCS Inventory). This feedback and testimonials will illustrate the benefits of MRL for producers of open source technologies. MRL is obviously accessible in open source and freely applicable to other code bases. 

Join the MRL presentation at Open Source Experience on November 10 at 10h30, room 243. 

About OW2:
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software for information systems and to fostering their business ecosystems. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals world wide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects, including: ADR App, ASM, AuthzForce, CLIF, DocDoku, FusionDirectory, GLPI, JORAM, Knowage, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, OCS Inventory, Petals ESB, Prelude, ProActive, Rocket.Chat, SAT4J, SeedStack, Sympa, Telosys, Waarp, WebLab and XWiki.. Visit www.ow2.org, follow us on Twitter @ow2.

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THE INTERNET, July 27, 2021 - The OSPO Alliance today announced that major international open source contributors, including Red Hat, Microsoft and Orange, have signed up to participate in the Alliance’s activities and in OSPO.Zone. Twelve organisations have signed statements of support for OSPO Alliance since it launched in June. The strength of support confirms the importance of open source software to the European economy and the value of establishing a centre of excellence promoting good open source governance in every organisation.

The OSPO Alliance aims to help companies and public institutions discover and understand open source, start benefiting from it across their activities and grow to host an Open Source Program Office (OSPO). The OSPO Alliance provides an organisation-neutral venue for contributors to share resources, experience and skills. Supporters can opt to contribute at the new OSPO.Zone website and/or contribute to the articulation of the Good Governance Initiative methodology.

Quotations from new supporters

Red Hat

“As Red Hat’s own twenty-eight year history is built upon open collaboration, governance, and code, we’re pleased to join the OSPO Alliance and help foster education for open source participation across > industries. The Alliance embodies the spirit and the practice of open collaboration in a vendor-neutral manner, bringing together open source leaders to help guide organizations looking to embark upon or refresh their open source strategy. Red Hat looks forward to contributing to the OPSO Alliance’s shared knowledge base and strengthening collaboration in good governance practices.” said Deb Bryant, Sr Director, Open Source Program Office, Red Hat

Microsoft

“Open source is a core part of nearly every company’s digital strategy today. Across all of our teams at Microsoft, we collaborate with open source communities to use, contribute to, and release open source software to help organizations achieve more. We’re committed to learning and growing together with the open source ecosystem so we can continue to make open source sustainable for everyone. We have supported and contributed to the OW2 Good Governance initiative from its inception and look forward to continuing to work with the OSPO Alliance to further advance these practices in Europe.” said Stormy Peters, Director, Open Source Programs Office at Microsoft.

Orange

“As a founding member of OW2, Orange has long recognised the importance of open source software. After helping kick start the OW2 Good Governance Initiative, the Orange Group looks forward to working with the OSPO Alliance to help others improve their professional and responsible management of open source.” said Christophe Jelen, head of Open Source Governance for Orange and Julien Dubreuil, head of the OSPO at Orange Business Services.

Engineering Group

“As a global digital services player for more than 40 years we are, with our Knowage division among others, a determined member and contributor to the open source ecosystem. With a strong focus on open source management, we recognise that we can do much more to facilitate adoption by our customers. For this reason we regard the OSPO Alliance as an exciting new European initiative for us to get involved in, strengthening our historic collaboration with OW2, Eclipse and the other open source major actors.” said Orazio Viele, CTO & Research and Innovation Director at Engineering Group.

OpenUK

“OpenUK recognises the importance of Open Source Program Offices in ensuring good governance and managing security of sustainable open source software and so is collaborating with the OSPO Alliance, to support the UK’s evolution of OSPO’s. OpenUK’s 2021 Report established the UK as the number one contributor to open source software in Europe with up to £43.1bn being contributed to annual GDP in the UK economy. There has never been a more important time for the UK to support the evolution of its open source contribution and usage than today in a post Brexit Global Britain, focusing on good local practices to allow collaboration with our open source colleagues globally.” said Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK.

Bitergia

“Bitergia is excited to join the OSPO Alliance as an open initiative that aims at enhancing the adoption of sound open source development methods. With more than 15 years of experience in the different open source communities, Bitergia values this openness and diversity of knowledge sources as key principles that have always been part of open source DNA and the foundations for open source success as a way of working.” said Daniel Izquierdo Cortázar, CEO of Bitergia.

Quotations from Founders

OpenForum Europe

“OpenForum Europe is proud to be a founding supporter of the OSPO Alliance to help strengthen the institutional capacity of global open source. Well-run Open Source Programme Offices hold massive potential to enable open innovation in society at large. This goes for private companies, be it small or large software vendors or digitising industrial companies, as well as the public sector and academia. We see the OSPO Alliance as an important forum to realise the potential of the OSPO construct as a fundamental building block and networking interface in the global institutional infrastructure of open source across sectors.” said Sachiko Muto, CEO, OpenForum Europe.

Foundation for Public Code

We’re proud to be a co-founder of the OSPO Alliance, a valuable resource for knowledge sharing and open collaboration. Public sector digital transformation requires strong operational mechanisms to connect public administrations to the open source ecosystem. The ability for these organizations to learn from each other, industry and academia is essential for adopting open source in the public sector. We’re confident that the OSPO Alliance will make implementing open source in the public sector more practical and achievable.” said Boris van Hoytema, Chief Executive, Foundation for Public Code.

About the OSPO Alliance

The OSPO Alliance was established by leading European open source non-profit organisations, including OW2, Eclipse Foundation, OpenForum Europe, and Foundation for Public Code, and experienced practitioners with the aim to grow awareness for open source in Europe and to globally promote structured, responsible and professional management of open source by companies and administrations. OSPO.Zone is the new website for delivering the resources and collaboration envisaged by the OSPO Alliance. Learn more at https://ospo.zone.

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