Gracias Humberto, En dos meses llego a Colombia y vemos que hacemos :)
-a On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:03 AM, hyan...@gmail.com <hyan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Felicitaciones a los autores! Sueño con el día en que podamos aplicarlo > en el contexto colombiano. > > (en inglés) > http://www.aifdr.org/?p=927 > > InaSAFE wins award as one of the “Most Promising Open Source Projects of > 2012” > > First, Indonesia’s President Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono praised InaSAFE > (Indonesia Scenario Assessment for Emergencies), as being “very > beneficial for all of us” <http://www.aifdr.org/?p=821>. > > Now, this innovative software developed by Indonesia’s National Disaster > Management Agency (BNPB), and AusAID through the Australia-Indonesia > Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR), together with the World Bank, has > been selected as a 2012 Open Source Rookie of the > Year<http://www.blackducksoftware.com/open-source-rookies> by > Black Duck, the trusted partner for open source software adoption, > management and governance. > > InaSAFE, along with projects from groups such as Yahoo! and Twitter, was > selected for this prestigious award from amongst 1,000’s of open source > programs that were started in 2012. > > InaSAFE is free and open software that anyone with basic computer skills > can use. It can produce realistic disaster scenarios for contingency > planning. It has been designed to help Indonesia and other countries in the > region to effectively prepare for natural disasters by better understanding > the likely impacts of disasters such as floods, earthquakes or tsunamis. > > AIFDR’s Risk and Vulnerability Manager, Dr Trevor Dhu said that > developing InaSAFE as an Open Source project was a conscious decision that > aligns with the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) > 2010 policy on open source which states that “Australian Government > agencies will actively participate in open source software communities and > contribute back where appropriate” ( > http://agimo.gov.au/files/2012/04/2010-004_AGIMO_Circular_Open_Source_Software_Policy.pdf > ). > > “Developing InaSAFE as an open source project has allowed us to encourage > global collaboration. > > “It has allowed disaster experts from across the world to contribute to > this effort to better understand disasters and, ultimately, reduce the > tragic impact of disasters in Indonesia and the region. > > “Open source has proven to be a viable model for software development > because it maximises quality, transparency and exposure of the project. > > “This generally leads to more collaboration and increased sustainability“, > Dr Dhu said. > > Now in its fifth year, the prestigious annual award identifies the top 10 > open source projects of the year based on an analysis of open source > projects found in the Black Duck® > KnowledgeBase™<http://www.blackducksoftware.com/products/knowledgebase> > and Ohloh.net <http://www.ohloh.net/>. This analysis highlighted that > InaSAFE represents more than 50 person years of work from over 20 > contributors. > > For more information about the 2012 Open Source Rookies of the Year, > please visit www.blackducksoftware.com/open-source-rookies and > http://www.ohloh.net/p/inasafe > > For more information about the InaSAFE project please see www.inasafe.org > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-co mailing list > Talk-co@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-co > >
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