Open Science and OSPO at CERN @ ACTS

--- ## Open Science and OSPO at CERN ###### Giacomo Tenaglia for CERN OSPO - ACTS workshop - 2024-11-21 --- ## Agenda * Open Science and OSPO at CERN. * Best practices for license compliance. * Project/community health metrics. --- ## Open Source 101 ###### Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer * Copyright holder: * Not necessarily the author * Has **exclusive** rights to authorise certain actions * Open-source license: a ~~hack~~tool to authorise actions on copyrighted software * "The 4 freedoms": use, study, share, improve * Sometimes: make sure "derivative work" preserves the 4 freedoms * [CERN Academic Training Open Source 2023.](https://indico.cern.ch/e/opensource-2023) ---  ## Open Science at CERN ###### [CERN Convention (1953)](https://council.web.cern.ch/en/content/convention-establishment-european-organization-nuclear-research) > "...and the results of its experimental and theoretical work shall be published or otherwise made generally available" --- ## Open Science at CERN ###### Driving Open Science Globally ![](https://codimd.web.cern.ch/uploads/upload_40d17f2fb66c80c0f304c520aff49b77.png) --- ## Open Source & Open Science * Some of CERN’s [Open Science](https://openscience.cern) elements, from its [Policy](https://openscience.cern/policies): * Open Access * Open Data * **Open Source** * Research Integrity * Open Infrastructure * Research Assessment --- ## Open Source at CERN ###### Milestones ![](https://codimd.web.cern.ch/uploads/upload_f840f5ab61206fd8f9f12c34c4e2e52e.png) ---  ## Open Source at CERN ###### Milestones * 1970: [First CERN Computing and Data Handling School.](https://cds.cern.ch/record/186419) * 1983: [HEPVM tape distributed freely to more than 30 sites.](https://cerncourier.com/a/computing-at-cern-the-mainframe-era/) * 1984: [CERN makes Cernlib "freely available" to other labs.](https://ref.web.cern.ch/ref/CERN/CNL/2001/001/cernlib/) * 1994: ["Licensing the Web" as Open Source.](https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/licensing-web) * 2011: [CERN Open Hardware License released.](https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/) * 2012: [CERN Open Source License Task Force report.](https://cds.cern.ch/record/1482206?ln=en) * 2019: [MALT project.](https://malt.web.cern.ch/malt/) * 2022: [CERN Open Science Policy.](https://openscience.cern/policies) * 2023: [Creation of CERN Open Source Program Office.](https://opensource.cern) ---  ## CERN OSPO ###### Open Source Program Office * Official body at CERN to support open-source hardware + software * [Mandate approved May 2023.](https://cds.cern.ch/record/2879995) * Inter-departmental, cross-organization body: rare yet good uptake. * 12 official representatives (10..20% FTE each): experienced practitioners. * Substantial offer by CERN, for CERN staff and users. ---  ## CERN OSPO in practice ###### 2024 (the first year) * 41 email conversations, 25 forum topics: * 9 requests for open-sourcing. * 7 instances of help with licensing. * 13 external contacts. * Conferences: CHEP (OSPO, catalogues), FPGA Dev Forum, FOSS Backstage. * 5 presentations outside CERN. ---  ## CERN OSPO in practice ###### A few current/future initiatives * [Technical website](https://ospo.docs.cern.ch): * Key concepts, recommendations, how-to guides. * "License chooser" (MPL 2.0?). * [Project with Software Heritage](https://opensource.cern/cern-open-source-heritage): measuring impact. * CERN-made software/hardware catalogues. * CERN sponsoring non-CERN open source we rely on? * ... --- ## Best practices for license compliance --- ## (Previous) CERN guidelines * [Open Source Software Licence Task Force report (2012)](https://cds.cern.ch/record/1482206?ln=en) * [Policy on Software Dissemination (2017)](https://indico.cern.ch/event/722019/contributions/2968146/attachments/1654484/2647882/SW_policy_CERN_final.pdf) ``` # Copyright (C) 2023, CERN # # This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public # Licence version 3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING". # # In applying this license, CERN does not waive the privileges and immunities # granted to it by virtue of its status as Intergovernmental Organization # or submit itself to any jurisdiction. ``` ---  ---  --- ## REUSE ###### https://reuse.software * FSFE initiative * Machine/human-readable annotations * Pros: automation, standardisation * Cons: repo modifications * https://reuse.software/tutorial/ --- ## REUSE: provide licenses ###### https://reuse.software ![](https://codimd.web.cern.ch/uploads/upload_aa1bb8bda4fbca2f3a9c1798a064dba7.png) --- ## REUSE: add © and license ###### https://reuse.software In each file: ``` $ head pytest/regressions/test_reprogramming.py """ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 CERN """ import json ``` SPDX: [Software Package Data Exchange](https://spdx.dev/) --- ## REUSE: confirm compliance ###### https://reuse.software ``` $ pipx run reuse lint # SUMMARY * Bad licenses: * Deprecated licenses: * Licenses without file extension: * Missing licenses: * Unused licenses: * Used licenses: CC-BY-SA-4.0, CC0-1.0, CERN-OHL-W-2.0+, GPL-2.0-or-later, GPL-3.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later * Read errors: 0 * Files with copyright information: 182 / 182 * Files with license information: 182 / 182 Congratulations! Your project is compliant with version 3.0 of the REUSE Specification :-) ``` --- ## Examples * https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-tool * https://github.com/giacomd/covfie --- ## Project/community health metrics ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  --- ## CHAOSS Metrics ###### https://chaoss.community/ * Linux Foundation project focused on having a "data science approach" to FOSS community metrics. * [Metrics KB](https://chaoss.community/kb-metrics-and-metrics-models/) * [Maintained/sponsored software](https://chaoss.community/software/) ---  ---  --- ## Demo * [Demo for acts-project/acts](https://cauldron.io/project/8759?from_date=2023-11-21&to_date=2024-11-21&tab=overview) --- ## CHAOSS pointers * [Strategies for Building Healthy Open Source Communities](https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1938-strategies-for-building-healthy-open-source-communities/) (FOSDEM 2024) * [From data tsunami to actionable insights](https://osseu2024.sched.com/event/1ej4m/from-data-tsunami-to-actionable-insights-dawn-foster-chaoss-cali-dolfi-red-hat) (OSSEU 2024) ---  ## Thank you! ###### You are doing a great job! * CERN OSPO: Open.Source@cern.ch * https://ospo.docs.cern.ch - Technical documentation * https://ospo.web.cern.ch - Discussion forum (CERN account required) ---