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More details on libre software in FP6 Call 5

I’m adding more details on the most interesting aspects of the possible funding of libre software RtD projects in IST FP6 in the forecoming Call 5 (followup to my previous post).

As I said, I think there should be plenty of oportunities for actors in the libre software field to get funding in the fore-coming call 5. Here, I will comment and draw your attention on the documents that were provided at the Info day, since they contain very valuable informations.

The slides The Strategic Objective “Software services” by David Callahan (Deputy Head of the Software Technologies Unit at the Information Society Directorate) state clearly what the Commission is expecting in proposals related to Open Source :

Research into technologies specifically supporting the development, deployment, evolution and benchmarking of open source software. Investigation into the use of open source models for improving software engineering. This investigation should be based on agreed indicators of productivity and quality and result in a measurement of the economic impact of OSS.

(slide 11).

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Report from IST InfoDay on 21 – 22 April 2005

Interesting oportunities for funding from the IST Call 5 for libre software research and development.

I’ve been in Brussels for the Commission infodays on 21 – 22 April 2005, which addressed activity in the field of software (and more specifically, at times, the topic of libre software). There seem to be plenty of oportunities for actors in the libre software field to get funding in the fore-coming call 5.

Here is my report about the worskops on “Key Challenges for Software and Services Research” and the preparation of Call 5. Update: I have a written a more focused post for description of Call 5 oportunities.

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Weblog intégral avec commentaires activés

Jusqu’à présent, vous ne pouviez consulter, sur Mon weblog statique à l’INT, qu’une version statique issue d’une version dynamique hébergée ailleurs, en bidouillant un peu dans planet (cf. mon post précédent).

J’ai maintenant mis en ligne la version dynamique du blog, avec wordpress, ce qui permet d’y faire les commentaires, et de gérer enfin un blog complet et non une simple image statique.

Je ferai la migration dès que possible pour ne plus avoir qu’une version dynamique complète.

Participation aux Rencontres 2005 pour un futur immédiat

Je participe le 13 mai à Evry aux Rencontres 2005 pour un futur immédiat, organisées dans le cadre de la quinzaine du Commerce Equitable. Le thème de la journée : “Acheter différemment et durable, est-ce possible ?”.

Le but sera de parler du Logiciel Libre, dans une perspective de développement durable.

Presentation at OSS2005 on 13 July 2005

I will go to OSS2005 in Genova (Italy), between 11th and 15th of July, to participate to OSS2005, and present our paper “Why and how-to contribute to libre software when you integrate them into an in-house application ?“, which describes our past efforts on the development of the in-house ProGET platform.

Abstract :

Free or open source software are common tools that everybody can use and customise at its convenience to create in-house applications. Using and customising free software is not sufficient to ensure that this in-house application will be maintainable at mid or long term. This paper draws lessons from our in-house project, the development of a groupware Web platform for researchers, to help defining a policy through which efficient contributions can be made to open source software so that the in-house projects may remain viable.

The program of the conference is available on-line, and looks promising.

UPDATE : The list of accepted papers (and abstracts) is available on-line.