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Paris, May 21, 2008
The LibreSource consortium, which includes Artenum and INRIA, today announced the release of LibreSource 2.5, a major update to its collaborative software development platform. LibreSource is now available under the GNU GPL V2 free software license. The new version includes significant enhancements to support collaboration and software development. LibreSource has reached a level of maturity that allows it to orchestrate communities of several thousand users in an industrial context.
From a user viewpoint, LibreSource is a web portal that integrates a comprehensive set of communication and sharing tools that are essential for collaborative work. This solution, particularly appropriate for software development, is designed to facilitate the coordination of collaborative projects and reduce their costs.
LibreSource was created in 2001 under the aegis of France's National Software Technology Network. “First-generation forges were a good start, but they were not well-suited to the requirements of the businesses and research institutions that we were working with,” recalls Julien Forest, CEO of Artenum. “With INRIA and Paris Diderot University, we found a unique combination of vision and expertise that allowed us to respond to these needs. This was the genesis of LibreSource, with its goal of providing superior adaptation to projects and fine-grained access control.”
The initial users of LibreSource came from the scientific community. The European Space Agency was the first to use it in an industrial R&D project framework. Last year was notable for the expanded deployment of LibreSource, including installations at Thales Communications and the French Environment Ministry. “This is an example of a successful technology transfer between research and industry, based on an open source economic model,” said Bruno Sportisse, Director of INRIA's Technology Transfer and Innovation Department. “Artenum has made LibreSource a benchmark in the forge marketplace and a success in its community.”
LibreSource is free software, with a constantly-growing user community. “We have selected the GNU GPL V2 license in order to support this community and to facilitate the adoption of LibreSource,” explained Stéphane Bagnier, head of Groupware at Artenum. “LibreSource's community has made immense contributions to its quality.”
Among other enhancements, LibreSource version 2.5 provides improved integration of the Subversion configuration manager as well as JOnAS and JBoss Java-based application server support.“LibreSource has reached a level of maturity that allows it to orchestrate communities of several thousand users in an industrial context,” said Stéphane Bagnier. “Our objective for 2008 is to reach critical mass in the industrial sector, with an emphasis on international markets.”
This partnership between Artenum and INRIA underscores the vitality of software development at INRIA, a key element of its transfer policies, reaffirmed in its latest strategic plan (2008-2012).
Status: A public scientific and technological research
agency reporting to the ministries of Research and Industry.
Leadership: Michel Cosnard, CEO of INRIA; Jean-Pierre
Verjus, Deputy Managing Director.
Annual Budget (2008): 186 M€, more than 20%
of which is provided by outside sources, such as businesses, French
and European government agencies and communities.
Regional Research Centers: Paris – Rocquencourt,
Sophia Antipolis – Méditerranée, Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes,
Nancy – Grand Est, Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Bordeaux – Sud-Ouest,
Lille – Nord Europe, Saclay–Ile-de-France.
150 research project groups, 85% of them shared
with other major organizations, schools and universities.
2800 researchers, 1,000 of them doctoral candidates
790 active research contracts
89 businesses created since 1984.
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Artenum is a corporation offering software solution services for research and development. Artenum's partners receive expert support, freeing them to concentrate on their core business. Concurrent with the release of LibreSource 2.5, Artenum has introduced its new range of products and services. This includes ready-to-use LibreSource servers, as well as professional LibreSource hosting, training, customization, functional support and technical support services. Full details of their product range and current licensing plan are available on Artenum's site.
To find out more: http://www.artenum.com/libresource
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