IDABC@LinuxTag

IDABC returns to Karlsruhe (Germany) to discuss with Member State experts on open source and the public sector during the 2005 LinuxTag - Europe’s biggest open source software and Linux event.
The IDABC meeting "Working with the Community: OSS in Public Administrations", organised in conjunction with the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and the LinuxTag promoters, comes on the heels of a successful event held during the 2004 Linux conference.

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Working with the Community: OSS in Public Administrations

The IDABC forum will examine two key issues:

• Pooling infrastructures (‘source forges’ for the public sector); this will follow up on the work done by the IDABC Open Source Observatory to inventorise public sector applications and on initiatives such as Adullact in France, and will ask: is it time to move towards a European network of ‘government forges’?
• Software licensing schemes: with more attention being paid to the legal implications of using/distributing open source software and the creation of national licenses: Has the time come for a European public sector open source license?

For more information about the contents of the IDABC workshop, please see the draft programme. More details about LinuxTag event and exhibition can be found on the LinuxTag official website.

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Date and Location

IDABC@LinuxTag will take place on 23 June 2005, the day after the LinuxTag public sector conference, in Karlsruhe, Germany. For more information about reaching the venue, please see how to get there.

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Registration

Participation in the workshop, which addresses in particular representatives of the European public sector, OSS competence centres and policy makers, is open and free. However, please note that capacity is limited, prior registration is necessary to attend.

Should you need any additional information or assistance, please contact IDABC’s OSS Event Team.