OSS Watch (Open Source Software Advisory Service)
OSS Watch
Research Technologies Service
University of Oxford
13 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6NN
Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 283416
Email: info@oss-watch.ac.uk
OSS Watch provides unbiased advice and guidance on the use, development and licensing of free and open source software to UK colleges and universities.
OSS Watch provides advice and guidance to college or university staff that want to use or procure open source software for their institution.
They can also provide advice about how to build an open development community through collaborative approaches and techniques, aiding software projects to become more sustainable.
Furthermore, OSS Watch is there to help develop open source skills in education and research. They advise on a wide variety of topics related to open source, ranging from licensing to free and open source software in mobile devices.