Testimonials:

-Rizwana Akram (LAMP Workshop):  COSP is a really a hardworking team.  [More]  + + +  -Rabia Malik (LAMP Workshop):  The L from the LAMP Workshop was by far the most learning experience from the workshops i have attended so far.  [More]  + + +  -Ijaz Ahmed (LAMP Workshop):  I will say that it was well arranged and well delivered workshop.  [More]  + + +  -Muhammad Shoaib (LAMP Workshop):  LAMP workshop, though being the second workshop i have conducted so far as a lecturer, was a totally different experience from before.   [More]  + + +  -Shehzadi Farah (LAMP Workshop):  Honestly speaking, it's really a good effort on your part to plan and organize this workshop.  [More]  + + + 

Profile


COSP stands for Community for Open Source Promotion. It is a recently established community with the slogan of "Open Source - Opportunities Unlimited". For us, a promoter needs

  • To have ample knowledge of what he is promoting
  • To be convinced fully that what he is promoting is the very right thing
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Purpose

COSP's purpose is to promote Open Source by all possible means. We at COSP conduct workshops, quizes, seminars, exhibitions and etc to promote the word and raise awareness. From time to time, COSP members also develop applications which are licensed mostly under GPL and targeted at different industries. Details of such applications can be found at the Open Source Projects page here.

Major Lifeline events

COSP was established on 3rd January 2007. After a one solid year, with the joining of more people from other universities, COSP original branch was renamed to COSP Islamabad and a separate Local Team called COSP Lahore was created to facilitate new members on 1st January 2008. For the management of both team such as to synchronize them, a governance team called COSP HQ was created which is solely responsible for management of Local Teams, synchronizing them, avoiding disputes, defining new rules and structure, and enforcing Code of Conduct.

Achievements

  • Workshop-1, in PIEAS during February-March 2007 on Ubuntu, was the first achievement. And it then turned into a key to new inductions as well.
  • Workshop-2, in PIEAS during the summer breaks in 2007 on LAMP.
  • Workshop-3, in PIEAS on December 5, 2007 on LaTeX
  • Software Freedom Day Team
  • ODF Alliance Member

Future Plans

  • Plan to conduct some Open Source Awareness Seminars and workshops.
  • Plan to raise awareness to more of the people and induct new members.
  • To develop a small network of students, putting their effort in promoting Open Source.
  • Decreasing the rate of dependency on closed Source specially at university level.
  • To create a cooperative environment in promoting Open Source.
  • Develop some open source applications to facilitate students to migrate to open source.

Local Teams

  • COSP Islamabad (Previously COSP)
  • COSP Lahore

Download Profile

If you are interested, you may download detailed PDF version of COSP Profile available here.