Category: Business models
Business models for free and open source software
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[The Fundamentals] Open source as seen by a researcher – Amel Charleux
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Discover Open Source, through the research of Amel Charleux, Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier. Business models, competition and coopetition between players, AI: another look at our ecosystem that allows us to take a step back!
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[Conference] From OpenAI to Opensource AI: between commercial ownership and collaborative openness
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Conference by Raphaël Semeteys, co-host of the podcast recorded in April 2025 in Paris, Palais des Congrès, Porte Maillot during the Devoxx France show. Let’s explore the evolution of generative AI by examining the dynamics between commercial interests, ethics, and open collaboration. Based on an in-depth analysis of the levels of openness of different generative…
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[Transport] The PAN: centralising transport data to decarbonise our journeys
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In order to accelerate the decarbonization of our travel and facilitate the modal shift, the French government has a national access point (PAN) that centralizes all transport data and makes it available to a rich and diverse ecosystem of reusers, including the large route planners. Discover with Maxime Siret, its manager, the history and functioning…
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[Associations] Presenting April, episode 2: April today
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April today is one of the main associations for the defense of free software. In this second episode, we discuss his current actions, struggles, and challenges.
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[Open Source Publishers] Mobilizon: sharing the events of its communities in the Fediverse
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Create groups and share your events without going through the GAFAMs? Discover Mobilizon, and its history: from its creation at Framasoft to its current management with the Kaihuri association!
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[Evaluating Free Software] Let’s de-google-ify evaluation: how does Framasoft choose its open source software?
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Framasoft is back in Projets Libres! How do they choose the software they host? We explore their criteria: scalability, moderation, economic model, collaboration with communities… Thomas Citharel and Pierre-Yves Gosset share their experience and their 2025 projects (alternatives to Notion, Canva, etc.). A rich episode for free software enthusiasts!
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[Transports] – Create a railway business software and federate players in Europe: OSRD and the OpenRail association – SNCF Réseau
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In this episode, we discover the creation of the OSRD (Open Source Railway Designer) business software within SNCF Réseau. Its goal? Simulate a railway infrastructure using open algorithms. Another originality, the governance of the latter has been transferred to the OpenRail association, whose creation by European network managers you will learn the details.
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[Transports] Transition: Simulating and Optimizing a Public Transit Network – Y.Brosseau & P.L Bourbonnais
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Transition: Simulate and optimize transit networks. How can an open platform help improve their transport networks? In this episode, Yannick Brosseau and Pierre-Léo Bourbonnais from the Polytechnique Montréal Mobility Chair share their experience with Transition, the solution that the chair is developing to help transit companies optimize their flows.
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An introduction to the OpenStreetMap project – C.Quest
“The OpenStreetMap project is to build the most complete, exhaustive, and up-to-date global database of free geographic data.” Together with Christian Quest, one of the founders of the French OpenStreetMap community, we explore the history of OSM, its governance and its community.
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Open Food Facts, from the technical side – Alex Garel
Second episode on the Open Food Facts project! In this episode with Alex Garel, one of the developers and community facilitator, we talk about the technical and organizational challenges around code, contributions, and infrastructure.