Expertise
For years, CETIC has been involved in the open source movement, covering aspects like business models, development models, software quality measurement, open source community analysis, and so on.
Specifically, CETIC has developed recognised expertise regarding:
- Support for releasing software into the open source domain, auditing existing code and managing open source projects, as well as helping to set up collaborative development infrastructures. Releasing source code to an open community requires preparation, in order to maximise the chances that it will operate successfully.
- Architecture analysis and selection of software components. To avoid disappointment, the integration of open source blocks into an application cannot be overlooked.
- Choice of a license and its impact on business models. The open source model has already been embraced by many providers; however, license and business model selection are of crucial importance, and vary with the context and objectives.
Services
CETIC can help by:
- Studying the impact of releasing sources of existing software,
- Participating in the selection of open source providers (calls for tender),
- Independently selecting and integrating open source components.
