European Open Source Academy Summer School 2026

We're launching the European Open Source Academy Summer School! Advance your open source skills 

The EOSAcademy Summer School brings together developers, researchers, project managers and open source advocates from across Europe for an intensive two day session of hands-on learning and exchange. 

Organised as part of the European Open Source Academy's activities to advance open source skills and education , the Summer School covers the practical and strategic questions that open source communities and organisations face today: building sustainable business models around open technology,  navigating standardisation processes, making sense of the legal framework and digital sovereignty debate, and sharpening technical skills through advanced Git workflows. 

Whether you're maintaining a project, shaping policy, or figuring out how open source fits into your organisation's future, this is a chance to learn from practitioners, compare notes with peers, and leave with tools you can put to work right away. 

Important notice: Participation in all topics is not obligatory - however, those attending all the sessions will be eligible to receive a certificate of completion from the European Open Source Academy.

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Topics covered in the EOSA Summer School 2026

Topic 1: Sustainable Business Models in Open Source

•    How to monetise open source code and hardware: Dual-licensing models, professional services, open-core models, consortia, and economies of scale.
•    Funding and grant mechanisms for the technological commons
•    Financing Models for the Maintenance of Critical Infrastructure
•    Community funding strategies, grants, and crowdfunding platforms.
•    Success case studies: Arduino, CERN, Blender, Linux Foundation.
 

Topic 2: E-Lucid

• Introduction to E-Lucid.

• Vision and objectives.

• Community participation and collaboration.

• Lessons learned and best practices.

• How to get involved.

Topic 3: Open source and standardisation

•    Standards and their role in Digital Technologies.
•    Open source as an enabler of standardisation.
•    Open standards and interoperability.
•    Challenges and future directions.
 

Topic 4: Legal Framework, Licensing, and Digital Sovereignty

•    Comparative analysis of software licenses (Permissive vs. Copyleft: MIT, Apache, GPL).
•    Specific licenses for open hardware (CERN OHL, TAPR, OSHWA).
•    Legal aspects of contributions: Contributor License Agreements (CLAs) and intellectual property management.

Topic 5: Advanced Workflows with Git and Version Control

•    Branching models and integration strategies for large-scale collaboration.
•    Basic automation using Continuous Integration (CI/CD) for software and hardware testing.

Topic 6:  Democratic Digitalisation

•    Understanding Democratic Digitalisation.
•    The role of  Open Source in building inclusive Digital Societies.
•    Transparency, participation, and collaboration.
•    Community Governance and Collaborative Innovation.
•    Challenges and opportunities.
•    Key takeaways and best practices.

Summer School Agenda

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