This presentation shares the goals of the EU funded PROSE project, who's objective is to accelerate the adoption of open source software on EU ICT projects. The presentation highlights the projects plans to increase the lifetime of the software developed inside European projects and thus maximizing projects’ impacts. The presentation will show the creation and management of a platform for FLOSS project management, the development of a training program on legal and business aspects pertaining to FLOSS adoption and shall provide insight on a dissemination program to promote the adoption of a FLOSS-driven model in EU ICT projects.

2. Miguel Ponce de Leon (TSSG)
EU FP7 PROSE
Open Forges Summit 2012
2012/10/11

3. FLOSS in EU FP7 ICT
● Open Source (FLOSS) is an important
part of the EU FP7 ICT programme
● Projects produce Open Source results.
● FLOSS projects are (re)used by FP7 ICT
projects.
● Part of demonstrators, testbeds, pilot programs,
etc.
● Collaboration model has several
advantages
● One project can provide inputs for many.
● Produce reusable technology for the European
Zone.

4. Fractured Ecosystem
● Unclear Work-flows
● Unclear Business
Processes
● Unclear Legal
constraints
● Hard to measure
(EC) investments in
FLOSS
● FLOSS Projects do
not maximize
input/output
possibilities

5. Structure through Coordination
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu

6. EC Information Feed-back
Loop
● Measurable Metrics
● Monitor FLOSS activities,
contributions and projects.
● Estimate relevant impact metrics from
the centralized platform.
● Adequate Tools
● Explore platform metrics for key
decisions (e.g. Funding).
● Allow long term exploitation of open
source results.
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu

7. Structured Solution
● Platform
● Aggregating platform for managing Open Source
Projects.
● Training
● Training material and decision information: Business
and legal Information.
● Supporting for European projects (and other
potential targets).
● Promotion
● Events coordinated with the EC to reach European
Projects as means to promote Open Source, the
provided platform and the knowledge created for
training.
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu

8. Platform
Platform for hosting and supporting (ICT)
FLOSS Projects
● Software Repositories
● Infrastructure for ICT projects software
development support.
● Common location for all ICT projects.
● Community and Project Management
● Facilitated community and inter-project
interactions.
● Methodology, business and legal information
support.
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu

9. Platform
The platform forge will be Allura
● Issue Tracking
● Threaded Discussion Forums
● Code Repository (git, Mercurial (hg), or
Subversion (svn) )
● Documentation (wiki)
● Create and Manage Neighbourhoods
● Project Metrics/Statistics
● Downloads, Code Commits
● Active Committers, Community Feedback
Ratings, Average Issue Resolution Time,
Open/Resolved Issue Counts http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu
●

10. Training and Support
Information
Training material and support documentation for the platform
targets
● Platform Information
● Provide information on FLOSS development best-practices
and methodologies.
● Rely on the platform as the starting point for developers and
projects.
● Legal Information
● Provide legal information support on different subjects:
Licensing and IPR.
● Business Information
● Provide business model information for successful FLOSS
exploitation.
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu

11. Promotion and Dissemination
Promote the platform and an overall FLOSS
approach in ICT
● Platform Promotion
● Promote the platform to reach a wide ICT audience.
● Promote Training and Educational Events
● Focus on the platform, business and legal aspects.
● Generalized Open Source Promotion
● Raise awareness towards FLOSS advantages in ICT
● Promotion of the ideas stemming from the material
developed in PROSE.
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu

12. Project Facts
PROSE – EU FP7 ICT Coordination Action
● 6 Partners from 4 Countries
● Duration : 2012 – 2014
● http://www.ict-prose.eu
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu
● Partners
● Caixa Mágica Software (Project
Coordinator, Portugal)
● Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro
(Portugal)
● TSSG - Wateford Institute of Technology
(Ireland)
● MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and
Media (Germany)
● Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP (UK)
● Geeknet Media (UK)
● http://www.OpenSourceProjects.eu

13. Miguel Ponce de Leon
Chief Technologist
TSSG
Email: miguelpdl@tssg.org
Phone: +353 51 302952
LinkedIn: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/miguelpdl
Twitter: miguelpdl