Welcome to The University of Texas at Austin Open Source Program Office (UTAustin-OSPO)
The UTAustin-OSPO is the center of open source activity, connection, training, and support to enable open source practices as a key part of the university mission. With financial support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (G-2023-20944), the UTAustin-OSPO is a university-wide collaboration led by staff at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). The UTAustin-OSPO provides a central hub for open source support empowering researchers to leverage training, events, and other resources and creating additional opportunities for engagement among faculty and students in advancing the open source ecosystem.
The UT-OSPO is also a member of the The University of Texas System Open Source Program Office (Texas-OSPO), which supports the creation, use, and management of open source software across the UT System. The initial pilot includes staff from UT Austin, UT Dallas, UT El Paso, and UT San Antonio.
Open source software is software released under a license that grants others the rights to access, use, distribute, and modify the source code. Open source software development in academia can benefit researchers by allowing for greater sustainability, transparency, collaboration, and impact, and is often required by funding agencies.
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