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[Stefano Maffulli <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello folks,

not directly related to cloud computing, but maybe this is interesting
for this group:

http://oss2012.org/

10-13 September 2012, Hammamet, Tunisia

IFIP Working Group on Open Source Software — IFIP WG 2.13

OSS 2012: Long-term Sustainability

Over the past two decades, Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) has
introduced new successful models for creating, distributing, acquiring
and using software and software-based services. Inspired by the success
of FLOSS, other forms of open initiatives have been gaining momentum.
Open source systems (OSS) now extend beyond software to include open
access, open documents, open science, open education, open government,
open cloud, open hardware, open artworks and museum exhibits, open
innovation and more. On the one hand, the openness movement has created
new kinds of opportunities such as the emergence of new business models,
knowledge exchange mechanisms, and collective development approaches. On
the other hand, the movement has introduced new kinds of challenges,
especially as different problem domains embrace openness as a pervasive
problem solving strategy. OSS can be complex yet widespread and often
cross-cultural. Consequently, they require an interdisciplinary
understanding of their technical, economic, legal and socio-cultural
dynamics.

The goal of 8th. International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS
2012, the first to be held in Africa, is to provide an international
forum where a diverse community of professionals from academia, industry
and public sector, and diverse OSS initiatives can come together to
share research findings and practical experiences. The conference is
also meant to provide information and education to practitioners,
identify directions for further research, and to be an ongoing platform
for technology transfer, no matter which form of OSS is being pursued.

OSS 2012 accepts submissions in the following categories: research
papers, industry papers, formal tool demonstrations, lightning talks and
posters. OSS 2012 also invites proposals for tutorials and workshops,
submissions to the doctoral symposium, and submissions of panels. The
major conference theme is long-term sustainability with OSS.