The OSPO Alliance launched by OW2, Eclipse Foundation, Foundation for Public Code and OpenForum Europe will promote the OSPO methodology developed by the OW2 Good Governance initiative.
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Project of the month: JORAM

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JORAM (Java Open Reliable Asynchronous Messaging) is a JMS compliant enterprise messaging middleware and has reached a Market Readiness Levels at 6.

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OW2con'22 1.0 

The OW2con'22 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS is open. Please check out details and send your proposal now (deadline February 27)

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The OW2 election process for the year 2022 has started. Check out the Individual and Corporate members election rules and agenda. Do not hesitate to apply and get involved!  

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We are thrilled to reveal the intensive program of our Devroom Software Composition and Dependency Management, check it out and join us online on Feb. 6. 

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The Open Source Good Governance Handbook collaboratively developed in the framework of the OW2 Open Source Good Governance initiative was announced at the Paris Open Source Experience 2021 by the OSPO Alliance. Discover the handbook online or download it.

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We are proud to introduce publicly at Open Source Experience MRL "Market Readiness Levels", an OW2 methodology to evaluate the business potential of open source projects. Read the Press Release or see the replay of the session. 

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Next instalment of the webinar series we launched in cooperation with the Eclipse Foundation to introduce european software research projects that help shape the future of open source software and the IT industry. More information and agenda coming soon. 

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