Organizations

For Open Science and reproducible research, we see not alternative to Open Source software. All scripts, code, and libraries supporting a computational analysis must be open for scrutiny by fellow scientists. We publish current code online, instead of holding back until publication of a paper, to ... [More] profit from interaction with the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community. Even the software of supported workflows (i.e. R) and underlying technologies (i.e. Docker) are published under FOSS principles. [Less]

OpenXC is an API to your car - by installing a small hardware module to read and translate metrics from a car's internal network, the data becomes accessible from most Android applications using the OpenXC library. You can start making vehicle-aware applications that have better interfaces based on ... [More] context, can minimize distraction while driving, are integrated with other connected services, and can offer you more insight into your car's operation. Ford Motor Company and Bug Labs joined up to create a standard way of creating aftermarket software and hardware for vehicles. Every new car is full of computers and electronics, and there is growing interest in connecting the output from those systems to third-party applications and the web. [Less]

The best tools for a digital workplace are often open source, and this is no accident: open source projects have had to develop smart ways of working to enable their own communities to work together effectively. Open source tools for a digital workplace are not only tools we can use to collaborate ... [More] in, but are also tools we can collaborate on. Surevine provide our customers with a responsive and professional support service, not only for the collaborative tools which make up their digital workplace, but also the open source stack on which these tools run. Surevine are active participants in a number of open source communities, boards and foundations. As you can see, we take open source and open standards seriously. [Less]

Savoir-faire Linux is an exceptional team of more than 120 free software experts based in Montreal, Quebec City, Paris, Rennes and Lyon who respond efficiently and ingenuously to the constant evolution of information systems.

The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies. Despite its name, LLVM has little to do with traditional virtual machines, though it does provide helpful libraries that can be used to build them. The name "LLVM" itself is not an acronym; it is the full ... [More] name of the project. LLVM began as a research project at the University of Illinois, with the goal of providing a modern, SSA-based compilation strategy capable of supporting both static and dynamic compilation of arbitrary programming languages. Since then, LLVM has grown to be an umbrella project consisting of a number of subprojects, many of which are being used in production by a wide variety of commercial and open source projects as well as being widely used in academic research. [Less]

Translate.org.za is a South African non-profit organisation focused on the localisation of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). This work has lead to a number of firsts including the first GUI word processor (OpenOffice.org) in an African language. Their focus is on the elimination of technical ... [More] barriers that have a negative impact on language. Thus creating a South African keyboard that includes all characters needed to type in all 11 official languages and adapted fonts to add characters needed by Venda. They have trained localisers across the world including: Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Morocco, India and Brazil and have created tools to simplify software localisation. [Less]

The gPodder project deals with all things podcast consumption - from a native client for Desktops and Mobile devices, over an open source web service and podcast directory to resuming players and libraries for integration of podcast functionality into other applications.

FlightGear is a free flight simulator project. Among the many goals of this project are the quest to minimize short cuts and “do things right”, the quest to learn and advance knowledge, and the quest to have better toys to play with. There are a wide range of people interested and participating ... [More] in this project. This is truly a global effort with contributors from just about every continent. Interests range from building a realistic home simulator out old airplane parts, to university research and instructional use, to simply having a viable alternative to commercial PC simulators. FlightGear and its source code have intentionally been kept open, available, and free. In doing so, we are able to take advantage of the efforts of tremendously talented people from around the world. [Less]

CZ.NIC is engaged in support of new technologies and projects beneficial to the Internet infrastructure in the Czech Republic. The Association will continue to support projects and services that contribute to greater comfort for Internet users and/or to increased effectiveness or stability of the ... [More] Internet. The Association actively supports education and awareness in relation to issues such as the Czech top level domain, use of domain names, internet technologies, security, and the Internet in general. [Less]

Logilab développe des logiciels, et propose du conseil et des formations de haut niveau dans les domaines de l'informatique scientifique et du web sémantique, en utilisant des outils et méthodes agiles. Compétences Logilab s'est spécialisée dans l'utilisation de certains outils (Python ... [More] , CubicWeb, Debian, etc.) et techniques (génie logiciel, programmation multi-paradigmes, statistiques, logique, etc.) pour les appliquer aux domaines de l'informatique scientifique (simulation numérique, calcul hautes performances, analyse de données, etc.) et du web sémantique (gestion de connaissances, agrégation de bases de données, outils de recherche et de veille, etc.). [Less]