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HMIS Unconference. Building an Open Source Community for HMIS Data Tools. Proposal. Unconference - An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. Get ideas on the tools that we need now Form an open-source software group Find ways to participate with non-HMIS service providers
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HMIS Unconference Building an Open Source Community for HMIS Data Tools
Proposal • Unconference- An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. • Get ideas on the tools that we need now • Form an open-source software group • Find ways to participate with non-HMIS service providers • Take HMIS data and systems to a new level
Proposal • Nutmeg Consulting will sponsor and run the Unconference. • Focus: Building an Open Source Community for HMIS Data Tools • All ideas and resulting data will be shared with all participants online. • Nutmeg Consulting will commit to financially supporting an Open Source Community for 1 year, after which the community should be able to sustain itself
Proposal • Nutmeg Consulting is committed to the free sharing of ideas. • Nutmeg Consulting will support the creation of, and participate in, a separate governing body for the open source software group.
Open Source • No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor • Distribution of License • License Must Not Be Specific to a Product • License Must Not Restrict Other Software • License Must Be Technology-Neutral • Free Redistribution • Source Code • Derived Works • Integrity of The Author's Source Code • No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups See the full definition here: http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd
Benefits • Collaboration breeds innovation • Peer review and testing of products allows for broad range of acceptance and compatibility • Anyone can contribute • Coding • Testing • Documentation • Helping Others
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