PROSE
Promoting Open Source in European Projects
| Coordinatore | CAIXA MAGICA SOFTWARE LDA
Organization address
address: RUA SOEIRO PEREIRA GOMES, LOTE 1, 4 B contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Portugal [PT] |
| Totale costo | 602˙389 € |
| EC contributo | 488˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-ICT-2011-8 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-10-01 - 2014-10-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CAIXA MAGICA SOFTWARE LDA
Organization address
address: RUA SOEIRO PEREIRA GOMES, LOTE 1, 4 B contact info |
PT (LISBOA) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
BITERGIUM SLL
Organization address
address: C NAVARRA 5 4D contact info |
ES (ALCORCON MADRID) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DE ROVISCO PAIS 1 contact info |
PT (LISBOA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
MFG MEDIEN-UND FILMGESELLSCHAFT BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG MBH
Organization address
address: BREITSCHEIDSTRASSE 4 contact info |
DE (STUTTGART) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
ORIGIN LIMITED
Organization address
address: TWISDEN ROAD - TWISDEN WORKS contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Organization address
address: CORK ROAD contact info |
IE (WATERFORD) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) is creating new R&D opportunities across Europe, particularly in an ICT context where projects require an adequate cooperation environment. Despite the numerous advantages of FLOSS as a cooperation model, however, most developed software faces a limited life cycle and applicability. The absence of a common platform where projects can publish their software - with reliable and trustworthy usage terms/conditions - creates adoption difficulties. As a result, software is re-invented within the ICT community, leading to duplication of effort and failed R&D opportunities.nAdopting FLOSS paradigms will extend the lifetime and sustainability of ICT software, increasing contributions to and from the community. To achieve this vision it is necessary to: promote FLOSS for ICT projects, by removing existing obstacles, especially legal and business barriers; create a feedback loop for FLOSS usage in ICT projects that encompasses the EC and enables them to assess the true benefits of a FLOSS-driven model; enable long term exploitation of FLOSS through a sustainable model for ICT contributions.nThe PROSE proposal is a Coordination Action (CA) that targets these goals through a three-fold, complementary approach:n(a) Create and manage a shared platform for FLOSS, capable of generating the required feedback loop;n(b) Develop a training program that provides knowledge and learning about this shared platform, as well as legal and business aspects regarding the adoption of FLOSS;n(c) Execute a dissemination program to increase awareness of the advantages of adopting a FLOSS-driven model in ICT projects.nWith these three coordination elements, the PROSE CA will increase the sustainability of FLOSS in ICT; thereby extending the reach of ongoing FLOSS efforts beyond their current boundaries, and thus increasing the R&D opportunities in the European space.