2025-10-01 –, Auditorium
Since June 2025, the OSPO Alliance has been supporting two initiatives for FLOSS public sector organisations: one to define a schema to describe OSPOs, what they are and what they do (OSPOmeta), the other to inventory OSPOs in public administrations around the world (floss-pso.network). The presentation will provide an introduction and update on the evolution of the OSPOmeta schema, as well as the inventory of public sector OSPOs and how it is already helping to create opportunities for collaboration.
Since the creation of an Open Source Programme Office at the European Commission in November 2020, several public administrations in Europe and beyond have set up structures to steer and implement Open Source strategies, whether focused on producing sovereign solutions, contributing to existing Free Software projects, or supporting the adoption of open source.
These OSPOs have disparate resources and ambitions, but often face similar challenges: but since they don't know each other, they can't collaborate much. How can they be networked?
Since June 2025, the OSPO Alliance has been supporting two initiatives: one to define a schema to describe OSPOs, what they are and what they do (OSPOmeta), the other to inventory OSPOs in public administrations around the world (floss-pso.network).
The presentation will provide an update on the evolution of the OSPOmeta schema, as well as the inventory of public sector OSPOs and how it is already helping to create opportunities for collaboration.
Boris is a long time open source enthusiast and contributor. Previously a methods and tools consultant for the industry, then a software engineering researcher, he joined the Eclipse Foundation in 2021 to help people and organisations adopt, understand and apply open source principles and best practices to their own projects. He has also been a maintainer of the OSPO Alliance since 2021. He leaves in Europe.