On January 31st, the CNLL, the OSBalliance and the Cossfi laid the foundations of a new structure: APELL (Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre). "The idea is to create a umbrella association to carry the voice of Free Software companies in Europe in the broadest sense" explains Stéphane Fermigier, co-president of the CNLL.

A relatively light structure that includes members, supporting members (such as the Open Forum Europe or OW2) and associate members. The association will be based in Brussels and registered in the register of lobbies with the European institutions.

Two triggers were at the origin of this creation. "The first was the copyright directive and its impact on the development of free software, the battle over the forges. We clearly saw that it was necessary to have the voice of free software companies," observes Stéphane Fermigier. "The second trigger is the structuring of associations to respond to European issues, to collaborate on commercial projects, to have collaborative R&D," he continues.

This initiative also comes at a time when the European Commission is communicating a lot about open source and 2020 should be an important year in this area. "A major study is being launched on open source in Brussels and a major restitution event is due to take place in 2021," emphasises Stéphane Fermigier. He also mentioned other elements such as recommendations on good practices in terms of free software, policies to support innovation and work on ethics and digital sovereignty.

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Source : Le Monde Informatique

The Libre Software Professional Meeting (RPLL) will take place on July 4th & 5th, 2017 from 9am to 18pm in Saint-Étienne at the Usine des Forces Motrices. The RPLL is oranized by Ploss-ra which brings together more than 40 open software companies of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Program:

- 20 professional exhibitors & associative village

- 4 plenary conferences, RPLL & RMLL workshops

- 2 events in synergie

Learn more

Find more details on the RPLL web site

The JDLL organization committee organizes the 18th edition of the Open Source Software Days on April 1st and 2nd, 2017 in Lyon. La Maison Pour Tous, Salle des Rancy and the ALDIL (The Lyon-based Association for the Free Software Developpement) offer a sharing time where all audiences, curious, amateurs and enthusiasts, meet.

This year for the 18th edition of the Open Software Days the theme will be (Dis)connected society, behind the transparency... 

Come discuss different issues such as:

• Éducation: upside down society: Encryption, formatting, hardware or Big data, what is hiding behind these barbaric words?

Many events are projected for the program during these two days. You are welcome!

For more informations click here!

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The JDLL organization committee organizes the 17th edition of the Open Source Software Days (JDLL) on April 2nd and 3rd, 2016 in Lyon. La Maison Pour Tous, Salle des Rancy and the ALDIL (The Lyon-based Association for the Free Software Développement) offer a sharing time where all audiences, curious, amateurs and enthusiasts, meet.

Come and join the adventure!

This year the theme is ''Creativity, Citizenship, Diversity: Open Source Software, the code and not only!''

Come to intervene to discuss the following areas:

• Diversity (free digital technology diversity, audience diversity) and accessibility
• Commitment
• Common goods and Open Data
• Reconditioning, recycling

Participation: instructions for use

Take advantage of this event to meet and talk with a lot of participants. The JDLL receives diverse audiences, do not hesitate to make proposals for the children, adults, older people, associations, companies, local governments, novices as the experts. It is easy and open to all!

There will be 5 types of contributions:

• Stand in an associative village
• 20/40-minute conference followed by a discussion
• 45/75-minute workshop
• Demonstrations and presentations (softwares, open source projects, DIY...)
• Open animations

You can combine several types of contributions, do not hesitate to join the event and ensure the presence of your collective on all activities. Send your proposals of participation via the dedicated page. They should be sent until 4 February 2016. You will receive a confirmation  message.

The communication tools are at your disposal to participate in the promotion of the event. To obtain more information, you can go to the website of the Open Source Software Days. Click here to get more  details.