1. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees
ASOLIF Goals
ASOLIF activities
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Spanish National Federation of Libre
Software SMEs - ASOLIF
ASOLIF
Web: http://www.asolif.es - E-mail: gerente@asolif.es
June 9, 2011
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

2. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees
ASOLIF Goals
ASOLIF activities
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Index
1 What is ASOLIF
2 Revenue Employees
3 ASOLIF Goals
4 ASOLIF activities
Projects
Lobby actions
Software Libre promotion
5 Contact/follow ASOLIF actions
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3. What is ASOLIF
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ASOLIF Goals
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Who is ASOLIF
The Spanish Nation Federation of Libre Software SMEs is formed
by the following regional Software Libre SMEs associations from:
AGaSoL: Galicia - http://www.agasol.org
AndaLibre: Andalusia - http://www.andalibre.org
ASoLiVaL: Comunidad Valenciana -
http://www.asolival.com
CatPL: Catalu˜a - http://www.catpl.cat
n
CESLA: Aragon - http://www.cesla.info
CyLESoL: Castille y Leon - http://www.cylesol.org
ESLE: Vasque Country - http://www.esle.eu
ESLiC: Canary Islands - http://www.eslic.es
SoliMadrid: Madrid - http://www.solimadrid.org
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

4. What is ASOLIF
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SMEs
Overall, ASOLIF is formed by about 200 SMEs, covering almost
every area related with Libre Software:
Software Development.
Network services development and deployment.
Communications and devices.
Consulting, researching, projects, promotion, design, legal,
training, etc.
Many of then are heavily involved in Libre Software communities
and they have a strong innovation sense.
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

5. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees
ASOLIF Goals
ASOLIF activities
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Index
1 What is ASOLIF
2 Revenue Employees
3 ASOLIF Goals
4 ASOLIF activities
Projects
Lobby actions
Software Libre promotion
5 Contact/follow ASOLIF actions
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6. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees
ASOLIF Goals
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Revenue
Number of SMEs Revenue 2008 Revenue 2009
160 68.52 mill. ¿ 78.61 mill. ¿
Growth: +14.72 %.
62 % of 2009 income comes from private sector. 38 % from public
sector. Data from April 2010. 35% sample
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

7. What is ASOLIF
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Employees
Number of SMEs Employees 2008 Employees 2009
160 1753 1819
Growth: +3.77%.
ASOLIF mean company has 0.5 mill.¿of annual revenue and 11
employees.
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

8. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees
ASOLIF Goals
ASOLIF activities
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Index
1 What is ASOLIF
2 Revenue Employees
3 ASOLIF Goals
4 ASOLIF activities
Projects
Lobby actions
Software Libre promotion
5 Contact/follow ASOLIF actions
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9. What is ASOLIF
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General goals
1 Promote R&D projects based on software libre openly
developed under GPL compatible licenses.
2 Lobby activities.
3 Promotion of Software Libre.
4 Offer a variety of services to ASOLIF companies.
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

10. What is ASOLIF
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More specific goals
1 Community projects design, promotion and development.
2 Promote collaboration among companies through projects.
3 Research, development and promotion of Software Libre
business models.
4 Increasing R & D investment among ASOLIF companies.
5 Seek new funding for Software Libre projects.
6 Active collaboration with:
Software Libre communities.
Multinational companies.
Non tech companies.
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

11. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees Projects
ASOLIF Goals Lobby actions
ASOLIF activities Software Libre promotion
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Index
1 What is ASOLIF
2 Revenue Employees
3 ASOLIF Goals
4 ASOLIF activities
Projects
Lobby actions
Software Libre promotion
5 Contact/follow ASOLIF actions
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12. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees Projects
ASOLIF Goals Lobby actions
ASOLIF activities Software Libre promotion
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In progress I
Projects in progress:
ALIAL: http://www.alial.es: development for small
public administrations
Training reference Center CRF ASOLIF: professional training
Acuerdo Atl´ntico: agreement for developing
a
communication channels with Spanish/Portuguese speaking
associations from America and Africa.
OpenJob: employment
http://www.asolif.es/?page=openjob_anuncio
MigraLibre: social network related with migration to Libre
Software. Beta version launching on April 15th 2011.
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

13. What is ASOLIF
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ASOLIF Goals Lobby actions
ASOLIF activities Software Libre promotion
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In progress II
Libre Software solutions for touristic companies
Catalogue: promotion project
http://softwarelibreturismo.es/
The Wiki 4 Open Tech (CESLA)
http://thewiki4opentech.org/
LIBERA Report: procedures to publish commercial software
under GPL compatible licenses
Support Regional Associations activities.
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

14. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees Projects
ASOLIF Goals Lobby actions
ASOLIF activities Software Libre promotion
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Generating a Libre Software business sector in Spain
1 Increasing the number of regional Software Libre associations.
2 Networking with other entities in Spain and other countries.
3 ASOLIF strategic plan.
4 Adopting and making public our position on several topics:
Software patents, copyright and intellectual property laws, etc.
Interoperability and security laws.
Libre Software promotion in education.
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

15. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees Projects
ASOLIF Goals Lobby actions
ASOLIF activities Software Libre promotion
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Organizing events
The relevant events ASOLIF has been involved are (in the
organization):
International events
1 GC Desktop Summit: GUADEC + Akademy 2009
2 ODF PlugFest: Abr’10
3 GNOME Marketing Hackfest: May’10
4 Libre Software World Conference 2011: Nov’11
National events
1 Encuentros ASOLIF de Empresas de Software Libre: ASOLIF
internal event (each 6 months)
2 Libre Software World Conference 2010: Oct’10
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

16. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees Projects
ASOLIF Goals Lobby actions
ASOLIF activities Software Libre promotion
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Events participation
As speaker
National: Tecnimap, Morfeo, Presentaci´n de SALE,
o
(R)Evolusion
International: FOSDEM 2010, OSWC’09
Supporting/sponsoring
2009: Feria Software Libre A Tu Alcance
2010: Software Libre contra la crisis, OpenSegovia,
BusinessTIC, SIMO Networks, IV Congreso de Software Libre
Comunidad Valenciana
... and many more
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF

17. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees
ASOLIF Goals
ASOLIF activities
Contact/follow ASOLIF actions
Index
1 What is ASOLIF
2 Revenue Employees
3 ASOLIF Goals
4 ASOLIF activities
Projects
Lobby actions
Software Libre promotion
5 Contact/follow ASOLIF actions
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18. What is ASOLIF
Revenue Employees
ASOLIF Goals
ASOLIF activities
Contact/follow ASOLIF actions
Communication channels
ASOLIF channels (Contacto section from our website):
Public mailing lists:
Discussion: asolif@asolif.es
Technical: tecnicas@asolif.es
Announcements/news: comunicacion@asolif.es
Social Networks:
Identi.ca: asolif http://identi.ca/asolif
Twitter: asolif empresas
http://twitter.com/asolif_empresas
Linkedin: grupo asolif http:
//www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=110337&trk=hb_side_g
Web (http://www.asolif.es)
ASOLIF Spanish National Federation of Libre Software SMEs - ASOLIF