Open Source Software and Hardware – Decisions and Pathways to Sustainable Use

This short seminar provides an overview of the framework conditions for open-source software and hardware, explains the background behind the decision to adopt or reject open source, and outlines various options for the use, further development, and financing of open-source projects.

Open source software—and increasingly open source hardware—is not only used at universities but also frequently developed there. However, simply publishing source code or design files is usually insufficient to attract a large user base or to cover at least a portion of the development and maintenance costs.

Speaker: Peter Häfner, Innocentric GmbH

Language: German