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Open source maps and open data help humanitarian response

hleson — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Open source maps and open data help humanitarian response hleson Fri, 03/24/2023 - 03:00

Open source brings people together to provide aid in response to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

Every day people use "open" to have an impact in their world. The Türkiye and Syria Earthquake Response includes over 9,000 people editing OpenStreetMap (OSM), partners…

Said Turksever bkavlak Orkut Murat Yılmaz canunen

Open source powers the United Nations' sustainability goals

jmpearce — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Open source powers the United Nations' sustainability goals jmpearce Sat, 11/20/2021 - 03:00

The United Nations embraces open source tech to reach Sustainable Development Goals.

Although the United Nations (UN) has previously spoken well of open source development, several recent events show the UN taking definitive actions to introduce the entire…

Open source recognized as a key economic pillar in EU study

Jlo — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Open source recognized as a key economic pillar in EU study Jlo Thu, 10/28/2021 - 03:00

This study provides more economic evidence to support the assertion that using and contributing to open source is vital to European economic recovery.

A September 2021 study on the economic impact of open source software and hardware concluded that open source technologies injected EUR 65-95 billion into the European economy…

Building an open infrastructure for civic participation

curtomil — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Building an open infrastructure for civic participation curtomil Fri, 04/30/2021 - 03:00

What the deployment of Decide Madrid can teach us on creating a participatory culture to effectively engage with citizens.

Open source is living through a curious moment: just like sharing movements in academia and communities once helped develop open source, open source is now inspiring the…

Linux powers the internet, confirms EU commissioner

Jlo — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Linux powers the internet, confirms EU commissioner Jlo Thu, 03/25/2021 - 03:00

EU celebrates the importance of open source software at the annual EU Open Source Policy Summit.

In 20 years of EU digital policy in Brussels, I have seen growing awareness and recognition among policymakers in Europe of the importance of open source software (OSS). A…

How a local government migrated to open source

hguc — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:01:00 +0000

How a local government migrated to open source hguc Mon, 08/31/2020 - 03:01

Eyüpsultan Municipality in Turkey gained flexibility, cost savings, performance, and independence by transitioning its entire workforce to GNU Linux and other open source…

In 2015, the Eyüpsultan Municipality in Istanbul, Turkey, began a bold migration to adopting open source software. This involved several major changes: Linux on the desktop…

Organizing open source for cities

admin — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Organizing open source for cities admin Sun, 12/15/2019 - 03:00

Jacob Green shares how open source ideas and tools are helping municipalities solve some of their most pressing problems, in his All Things Open 2019 Lightning Talk.

Cities and municipalities around the world are facing serious problems that are affecting citizens' safety and access to government services. Take Baltimore, for example, the…

6 remarkable features of the new United Nations open source initiative

FrankKarlitschek — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 07:00:00 +0000

6 remarkable features of the new United Nations open source initiative FrankKarlitschek Sat, 11/02/2019 - 03:00

What does it mean when the UN goes open source?

Three months, ago the United Nations asked me to join a new advisory board to help them develop their open source strategy and policy. I’m honored to have the opportunity to…

Election fraud: Is there an open source solution?

JeffMacharyas — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Election fraud: Is there an open source solution? JeffMacharyas Wed, 09/18/2019 - 03:00

The Trust The Vote project is developing open source technology to help keep elections honest.

Can open source technology help keep our elections honest? With its Trust The Vote Project, the Open Source Election Technology (OSET) Institute is working on making that a…

What politics can teach us about open source

OSMomjian — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:00:00 +0000

What politics can teach us about open source OSMomjian Fri, 09/13/2019 - 03:00

The history of democracy and autocracy offers interesting parallels to how we develop and release software.

Many sobering lessons from history emphasize democracy is not a finished product. The Roman Empire ended in a dictatorship, while the feudal Middle Ages delivered the Magna…