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BerliOS

BerliOS (short for "Berlin Open Source") is a project founded by FOKUS, a Fraunhofer Institute located in Berlin, to coordinate the different interest groups in the field of open source software (OSS) and to assume a neutral coordinator function. The target groups of BerliOS are developers and users of open source software on the one side and OSS-related companies on the other. BerliOS consists of several subprojects: Developer, a hosting platform for open source projects similar to SourceForge.net, GNU Savannah and JavaForge DocsWell, a database for open source related documentation SourceWell, a news service for open source projects SourceLines, a "best practice" database for successful open source projects SourceBiz, a list of open source companies DevCounter, a database of open source developer profiles OpenFacts, a wiki-based open source knowledge database (using the MediaWiki software) SourceAgency (beta), a platform for coordinating open source funding