Radical Digital Frontiers Event, Rome 4/12
See you on Sunday to talk about privacy, censorship and whistleblowing
. Learn more about the event at the Official site.
Update: see full videos at Radio Radicale website.
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Roberto Galoppini
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Roberto Galoppini
SOS Open Source Tools and Methodology are Open Source!
I am so happy to say that finally SOS Open Source methodology and tools are now open source!The EU-funded initiative PROSE re-engineerined and enhanced my original tools, making them now available as open source.
If you need to run an open source software procurement process give it a try. Read more at SOS Open Source.
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Roberto Galoppini
Finally SOS Open Source Goes Open Source!
I am happy to inform my readers that finally SOS Open Source will soon be released in open source!This has been a long due move and I am glad the actual SOS Open Source team is now working on updating and polishing the code before releasing it.
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Roberto Galoppini
Setting Italian Priority to Open Source for Public Administration: The Working Group Has Been Established
I have just received an email from the Agency for Digital Italy answering my self-candidature to join the working group aimed at defining the technical and economical assessment criteria for open source procurement.Apparently they received an high number of requests, and my resume wasn’t good enough, says Francesco Grasso, Coordinator of the working group and sci-fi writer.
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Carlo Piana
Too bad, I would have enjoyed working with you too. I have been admitted on behalf of FSFE and KDE.
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Roberto Galoppini
Ciao Carlo, it’s all good to know you have been selected. Let our voice heard!
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Roberto Galoppini
Setting Italian Priority to Open Source for Public Administration: Your Time to Rule!
I have been commenting few times the evolution of the Italian “Code for a Digital Administration†– Codice dell Amministrazione Digitale (CAD) in Italian - either on this blog or when interviewed by journalists, and to date nothing has really happened.The last major change to the law occured this summer, and at least in theory it has been reinforced the obligation to consider open source solutions, as Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz has noticed in his article about the news:
Only when a technical and economical analysis demonstrates that it is not possible to obtain at a lower price an open source solution or to reuse a solution developed internally, then it is allowed to purchase a proprietary licence of use.
The good news is that the new-born Agency for Digital Italy has just put out a call inviting interested parties to join a working group aimed at defining the technical and economical assessment criteria.
People interested in joining the working group have to submit an application by sending a certified email to pareri@pec.digitpa.gov.it.
Roberto Galoppini and 
Carlo Piana are discussing. 
Roberto Galoppini
About Domain Redemption Fees
ICANN about 10 years ago shared a proposal for a redemption grace period for deleted domains, in order to simplify the management of unintentional domain deletions. As a result the Redemption period rules for all .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net and .org domains. So far, so good.
Unfortunately many registrars are now billing outrageous domain redemption fees, nearly 200 Euros in my case.
Roberto Galoppini
How to Select Open Source Software and Joomla! – Rome, 4th of June 2012
The next Focus Group Open Source meeting will focus on how to select open source software and the case for Joomla!
After a walk through topics like Social Media and Open Data, it’s time to get back to our roots. This time to talk about Joomla! we invited Ryan Ozimek, one of the leading world Joomla! experts, former President of Open Source Matters and CEO and founder of PICnet Inc, a company that develops innovative solutions for public and nonprofit organizations around the world.
The event will feature also Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona’s keynote about how to evaluate and select open source software. Barahona is Professor at the University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid and founder of Bitergia, a startup that specializes in the development of open source projects.
For more information and to sign up for the event, see the Focus Group Open Source blog.
Roberto Galoppini
Focus Group Open Source: Video Interview
ForumPA has video-interviewed me about the past and upcoming Focus Group Open Source meet-ups. I wish to publicly thank Gianni Dominici, ForumPA General Manager, to both promote and join our events, bringing his knowledge and understanding of Italian Public Administrations. Since we enjoyed his talk about the Italian Open Data state of the art, we look forward to have him opening the next event that will be held on the 14th of March.
If you plan to come, don’t forget to sign up by sending an email to our host.
Roberto Galoppini
Focus Group Open Source: Social Media & Citizenship 2.0, Rome, 14 March 2012
The next Focus Group Open Source meeting will focus on Social Media and Citizenship 2.0, and it will take place on the 14th of March 2012 in Rome, at IBM’s office (sponsor of the event). Among invited speakers Gianni Dominici (ForumPA), Paolo Coppola (Comune di Udine), Stefano Epifani (Università di Roma), and Alessandro Chinnici (IBM).
For more information and to sign up for the event, see the Focus Group Open Source blog.
Roberto Galoppini
Focus Group Open Source: Open Data, Rome 25 January 2012
The next Focus Group Open Source meeting will focus on Open Data, and it will take place on the 25th of January 2012 in Rome, at IBM’s office (sponsor of the event). Among invited speakers Gianni Dominici (ForumPA), Federico Morando (Apps4Italy), Salvatore Marras (dati.gov), Ernesto Belisario (Italian Association for Open Government), and Guido Vetere (IBM).
For more information and to sign up for the event, see the Focus Group Open Source blog.
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