FOSS Backstage 23 – Community, Management & Compliance in Open Source Development
Join us at FOSS Backstage, March 13-14, 2023 for two days of exciting talks, workshops and panels with the most relevant experts from the Free and Open Source Software world, live in Berlin & Online.
Why join FOSS Backstage?
- Grow your network: Meet committers, community mangers, maintainers, product managers, lawyers and many others
- Stay up to date: Learn about the latest developments in license compliance and trends in open source governance and much more
- Find inspiration: Find out about new tools, best pratices and the latest ideas about the future of FOSS
- Gain Knowledge: From community management to funding strategies – learn from industry experts and build your skill set
Participation of OSB Alliance
Miriam Seyffarth, Head of Political Communications at the Open Source Business Alliance 03-13, 11:35–12:05 (Europe/Berlin), Stage 2 with the question „Why isn’t the German administration procuring more FOSS?„:
The software procurement by the German administration usually works through the EVB-IT, which are standardized model contracts. These are however not ideally designed for the procurement of FOSS.
A survey by the Open Source Business Alliance among the members of the association revealed typical recurring practical problems with the procurement of Open Source Software by the public administration. In this talk we want to illustrate the reasons for these problems and present ideas how the procurement of Open Source Software can be improved and made easier for all those involved. We combine this with an outlook to the impending changes and developments in public procurement with regard to the public procurement of Open Source Software.
