If you’re a U.S. State or Local technology professional with experience in open source software for your organization, your participation is being sought for a national study. The interviews will be used to develop and publish a Best Practices and Lessons Learned report for state and local government. The analysis will also help inform FederalContinue reading “Call for Participation: State and Local Government Study on Open Source Adoption”
Author Archives: Deborah Bryant
Happy Tenth Anniversary OSL
This evening Oregon State University Open Source Lab gathered staff, students and friends to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Was great to see the crew, and exciting to hear about their direction for the next decade. Their quiet and critical support of community open source projects continues. Drop in on their web site, and if you’reContinue reading “Happy Tenth Anniversary OSL”
NASA Open Source Agreement (NOSA) license: Good Start
From time to time I give talks, often to government folks or folks that do business with government, about open source licenses and building communities across industry boundaries. A number of years ago NASA blazed new trails for the US federal government when they submitted their custom open source license and was successful in havingContinue reading “NASA Open Source Agreement (NOSA) license: Good Start”
Last Decade’s Growth of Open Source
Found this info-graphic interesting. An English translation of the narrative can be found at this link. (See full post for full image courtesy of infografik.) 10 Years of Open Source infographic by infografik.
Proceedings: Open Cybersecurity Summit 2012
Last fall the Bryant Group led the production of the first annual Open Cybersecurity Summit. The event was underwritten by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Division (DHS S&T), Cybersecurity Division and delivered by Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Homeland Open Security Technology program (HOST). The HOST program was created to explore,Continue reading “Proceedings: Open Cybersecurity Summit 2012”
Open Source and Economic Development
From an invited presentation at the International Free Software Forum, a snapshot of a number of international economic development initiatives based on open source software, the full post includes a an embedded slide share presentation.