BerliOS
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| URL |
BerliOS.de |
| Commercial? |
No |
| Type of site |
Collaborative revision control and software development management system |
| Registration |
Optional (required for creating and joining projects) |
| Owner |
Fraunhofer Society |
| Created by |
FOKUS |
| Launched |
January 2000; 12 years ago (2000-01) |
| Current status |
Active |
BerliOS (short for "Berlin Open Source") is a project founded by FOKUS, a Fraunhofer Institute located in Berlin, to coordinate the different interest groups in the field of open source software (OSS) and to assume a neutral coordinator function. The target groups of BerliOS are developers and users of open source software on the one side and OSS-related companies on the other.
BerliOS consists of several subprojects:
- Developer, a hosting platform for open source projects similar to SourceForge.net, GNU Savannah and JavaForge
- DocsWell, a database for open source related documentation
- SourceWell, a news service for open source projects
- SourceLines, a "best practice" database for successful open source projects
- SourceBiz, a list of open source companies
- DevCounter, a database of open source developer profiles
- OpenFacts, a wiki-based open source knowledge database (using the MediaWiki software)
- SourceAgency (beta), a platform for coordinating open source funding
[edit] Closure and relaunch
The operators of the BerliOS project announced that BerliOS will close at the end of 2011 due to lack of sufficient funding and support.[1]
At the news of the pending closure BerliOS received numerous rescue proposals. As a result it was further announced that BerliOS would continue as a non-profit institute run by a combination of volunteers, donations and corporate sponsorship.[2]
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