Open Source Software

Open source software is a general potential topic for the Fraunhofer Society. Open source is a driver of innovation and de facto standardization. It provides access to expanded developer pools and paves the way for strategic alliances.

Priorities

• Bring open source out of the gray area: from mere tolerance to active support
• Build expertise and networks
  • Establish, shape, and guide open-source communities and technologies
• Ensure utilization of open-source activities
• Clarify the relationship to traditional patenting and licensing

Prof. Boris Otto

Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST

Fraunhofer ICT Group

• Fraunhofer Institutes AISEC, FIT, FOKUS, IAIS, IEE, IESE, IIS, ISST

Other Fraunhofer Contributors

• Fraunhofer institutes with roles in major open source foundations
• Fraunhofer institutes with significant and successful projects in the field of open source software that go beyond mere usage
• Internal Fraunhofer initiatives, for example the “Open Source AG”

External Contributors

• Eclipse Foundation