Open Steps

Open Steps, release 1.0

Report of a thinktank meeting on Free/Libre/Open Source Software in the health and health informatics domains

Marwell, February 2004

Contents

a] Introduction >>

b] Participant background and attitudes to FLOSS >>

c] Possible scenarios for the future of FLOSS in healthcare >>

d] Drivers and barriers towards use/adoption of FLOSS in healthcare >>

e] Why do people use FLOSS? >>

f] Where should we put the effort in the next few years? >>

g] How should the IMIA OSWG move forward over the next 2-5 years. >>

h] The next Open Steps after Marwell >>

i] Conclusions >>

Footnotes >>

Acknowledgements >>


Executive Summary >>>

Appendices>>>

Status of this report >>>

Technical aspects, copyright and licensing; GNU Free Documentation License >>>



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