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-description: "Established in 2007 as a non-profit organisation, OW2 is a \u201Ccommunity\
- \ of communities\u201D. Our mission is to make freely available a portfolio of open\
- \ source software for enterprise information systems in domains such as middleware,\
- \ open cloud, big data, BPM, security and privacy, software engineering, collaboration,\
- \ etc. The OW2 code base hosts dozens of open source projects such as 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. \r\nOW2 was one of the exhibitors at FOSDEM\
- \ in 2017, 2018 and 2020. \r\nIn our experience, our stand operates as a focus for\
- \ our members, contributors and anybody who wishes to reach out to us. As explained\
- \ on our website, seven projects from our code base participated last year. Each\
- \ project contributed in running our stand alternately during the two days of FOSDEM,\
- \ making it a very busy and lively exhibition space. This year the virtual booth\
- \ will again be shared between project leaders who will take turn to answer questions,\
- \ chat with visitors and run project demonstrations.\r\nIn 2021, OW2\u2019s drive\
- \ to contribute to the sustainability of the European open source ecosystem will\
- \ be illustrated by two recently launched initiatives: one is the analysis of open\
- \ source project\u2019s Market Readiness Levels, the other the OW2 OSS Good Governance\
- \ initiative a framework for appropriate usage of open source software."
-layout: stand
-logo: stands/ow2_open_source_community/logo.png
-new_this_year: "We will be happy to showcase on OW2 virtual booth several new projects\
- \ that have joined the OW2 code base during the passed year : OCS Inventory, Jeka,\
- \ DECIDE, Fuyuko, Device Farmer, LDAP Toolbox. \r\n\r\nThe virtual booth will also\
- \ introduce two strategic initiatives recently launched by OW2 and new to FOSDEM\
- \ in 2021: the analysis of open source project\u2019s Market Readiness Levels,\
- \ and the OW2 OSS Good Governance initiative, a framework for appropriate usage\
- \ of open source software. These initiatives aim at contributing to the sustainability\
- \ of the European open source ecosystem:\r\n \u2022 Market Readiness Levels\r\
- \nApplied to all 25 OW2 mature projects, the Market Readiness Levels scoring assesses\
- \ the processes, key metrics and business resources of our open source projects\
- \ and rates them on a market readiness scale similar to that of the NASA\u2019s\
- \ Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) rating. This synthetic approach has benefits\
- \ for the developers as it provides them a blueprint for progressing, and for the\
- \ users as it helps them make informed decision from a corporate rather than technical\
- \ perspective. \r\n \u2022 OSS Good Governance initiative \r\nThis initiative\
- \ addresses the needs of large end-users and digital service companies to better\
- \ manage consumption of, and contribution to OSS. We will showcase the Open Source\
- \ Good Governance Resource Center, a platform where EU users can discover, and a\
- \ blueprint for implementing open source competency centers (aka OSPOs). The scope\
- \ of the initiative goes beyond mere vulnerability and license compliance management,\
- \ the initiative aims to make C-level executive aware of the benefits of open source\
- \ and of supporting the European open source ecosystem."
-showcase: "Visit OW2\u2019s virtual stand and learn more about what OW2 is, discover\
- \ an open and independent community of developers dedicated to the creation of new\
- \ technology and to sustainable open source software. Find out why and how you could\
- \ be involved, as a contributor, a project leader or an initiative stakeholder,\
- \ or a supporter. \r\n\r\nOW2 project leaders will take turn to answer questions,\
- \ chat with visitors and run project demonstrations. Check out the schedule of the\
- \ OW2 virtual booth and come visit us, discuss with our projects leaders, and discover\
- \ state-of-the-art technologies in various fields such as middleware, infrastructure\
- \ projects, generic business applications, cloud computing platforms, etc. \r\n\
- The OW2 Management Office will be on stand-by to explain OW2\u2019s new strategic\
- \ initiatives: open source project Market Readiness Initiatives and the OW2 OSS\
- \ Good Governance initiative."
-themes:
-- Community advocacy
-title: OW2 Open Source Community
-website: https://www.ow2.org/
-show_on_overview: true
-chatroom: ow2
-draft: true
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