UK Open Source Awards Shortlist Announced
As CEO of Trustable, I am one of the organisers of the UK Open Source Awards taking place on 12 June 2019, in Edinburgh, working with SalesAgility who founded the awards 10 years ago...
View ArticleOpenUK response to HM Treasury consultation – transposition of 5th AML Directive
In response to the HM Treasury consultation on the transposition of 5th AML Directive, OpenUK responded to open source question with support from our affiliates. Question 19, was the key concern for us...
View Article2019 UK Open Source Awards – The Winners
A record 65 nominations were received for the awards and the 4 winners were announced on the 12th June at the UK Open Source Awards in Edinburgh. The 2019 UK Open Source Awards, 10-year record 65...
View ArticleOpen Source addresses key risks of public cloud in school
Schools hosting their sensitive data in public clouds, especially ones controlled by US tech giants, may not be a good choice. Not only can the technology be lax in terms of security and privacy, it is...
View ArticleUnited Nations Technology Labs (UNTIL) Convenes Panel on Open Source
Espoo, Finland, July 19, 2019 – The Intellectual Property and Open Source Advisory Panel of the United Nations Technology Labs (UNTIL) convened its first meeting this week on the campus of Aalto...
View ArticleRipple Foundation team receive Public Sector and Third Sector Open Source award
The Ripple Foundation team are thrilled to receive the Public Sector and Third Sector award for the UK Open Source Awards – thank you to all who nominated us and the judges for recognising our...
View ArticleOpenUK Events Launch, House of Commons
“It was the third of September, That day I’ll always remember, yes I will Cos that was the day…” We launched OpenUK And no doubt Stuart, Martin and I will remember it much more fondly than Boris...
View ArticleOpen Source Rocks UK Tech Leaders Awards
Tech Leaders’ Summit is an annual event organised by Technology Insider Magazine and Bonhill Group techleaderssummit.com. It’s billed as the biggest tech-leaders’ event in the UK and on 12 September,...
View ArticleEthical Open Source Licence dilemma Andrew Katz, Pro Bono GC OpenUK
Coraline Ada Ehmke (where.coraline.codes) has just stirred up a minor hornets’ nest in the world of Free and Open Source Software by re leasing a new licence: the Ethical Open Source Licence:...
View ArticleOggCamp
On October 19th and 20th, long running open source event OggCamp will have its next outing in Manchester, UK. OggCamp is named for the file format Ogg Vorbis, reflecting roots in the podcasting...
View ArticleDG Connect: Open Source 2020 and Beyond
The European Commission is taking Open Source, Open Hardware and Open Data seriously and recognising the need to take real and defined steps to move forward to the ‘open source first’ objective of the...
View ArticleOpenUK Christmas and a FOSDEM new year
OpenUK’s first annual Christmas party was a time to celebrate and share all the great things happening. It was definitely the first Christmas celebration of the year for the UK’s open source...
View Article“Some people have all the luck” Neil McGovern, Executive Director, Gnome...
Some people have all the luck – by Neil McGovern. A colleague said this to me after it was announced that Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC alleged that GNOME is in violation of one of their patents. Being...
View ArticleDominic Cummings and Number 10 need you!
My LinkedIn and twitter feeds are abuzz this morning, and most folk are not back to work until Monday. Geeks and misfits “Your country needs you”. Well, Number 10 does. This post is an entirely...
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Open Source Rocks UK Tech Leaders Awards
Tech Leaders’ Summit is an annual event organised by Technology Insider Magazine and Bonhill Group techleaderssummit.com. It’s billed as the biggest tech-leaders’ event in the UK and on 12 September,...
View ArticleEthical Open Source Licence dilemma Andrew Katz, Pro Bono GC OpenUK
Coraline Ada Ehmke (where.coraline.codes) has just stirred up a minor hornets’ nest in the world of Free and Open Source Software by re leasing a new licence: the Ethical Open Source Licence:...
View ArticleOggCamp
On October 19th and 20th, long running open source event OggCamp will have its next outing in Manchester, UK. OggCamp is named for the file format Ogg Vorbis, reflecting roots in the podcasting...
View ArticleOpenUK Week London Briefing
About OpenUK Open UK is a not for profit company limited by guarantee harnessing the collective of open source software, open data and open hardware in the UK, through collaboration bringing together...
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DG Connect: Open Source 2020 and Beyond
The European Commission is taking Open Source, Open Hardware and Open Data seriously and recognising the need to take real and defined steps to move forward to the ‘open source first’ objective of the...
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OpenUK Christmas and a FOSDEM new year
OpenUK’s first annual Christmas party was a time to celebrate and share all the great things happening. It was definitely the first Christmas celebration of the year for the UK’s open source community....
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