BerliOS (short for "Berlin Open Source") is a project founded by the
Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
The Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, or FOKUS, is an organization of the Fraunhofer Society. Headquartered in Berlin (Charlottenburg), the institute is engaged in applied research and development in the field of Information an ...
(FOKUS),
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
,
to coordinate the different interest groups in the field of
open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized sof ...
software (OSS) and to assume a neutral coordinator function. The target groups of BerliOS were developers and users of open source software on the one side and OSS-related companies on the other. its website was still accessible, though hosting no projects.
Overview
BerliOS consisted of several subprojects:
* ''DocsWell'', a database for open source related documentation
* ''SourceWell'', a news service for open source projects
* ''SourceLines'', a "
best practice
A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to other known alternatives because it often produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing ...
" database for successful open source projects
* ''SourceBiz'', a list of open source companies
* ''DevCounter'', a database of open source developer profiles
* ''OpenFacts'', a
wiki
A wiki ( ) is an online hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience, using a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages for the subjects or scope of the project, and could be either open to the pu ...
-based open source knowledge database (using the
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It is used on Wikipedia and almost all other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites define a large part of the requirement set for MediaWiki ...
software)
* ''SourceAgency'' (beta), a platform for coordinating open source funding
Closure
The operators of the BerliOS project announced that BerliOS would close at the end of 2011 due to lack of sufficient funding and support. As the news of the pending closure spread, BerliOS received numerous rescue proposals. As a result, it was later announced that BerliOS would continue as a non-profit institute run by a combination of volunteers, donations and corporate sponsorship.
On February 23, 2012, BerliOS announced on their blog that a cooperation agreement had been signed with
SourceForge, which meant that all projects hosted on BerliOS' systems would be automatically mirrored in new and separate projects on SourceForge.
On April 4, 2012, SourceForge reiterated this statement on their blog and provided more specifics about the collaboration.
In January 2014 BerliOS announced that they would disable their hosting services on 30 April 2014.
See also
*
Comparison of open source software hosting facilities
References
External links
BackupTheBerlioson
GitHub
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Project hosting websites
Discontinued open-source software hosting facilities