Open Source support and coherent joint software development is a very important initiative for ensuring strong integration, network survivability and transfer of technology developed within the network. In the management community, many Open Source components have been produced over the years, some of them being widely used today for several purposes. Recent evolutions in management and networking technologies however did slow the use of these very valuable software components and the rhythm of new productions has decreased drastically. From the very beginning, EMANICS partners did recognize the need to support the Open Source initiatives in the area of management to foster again their use and acceptance on large scale.

This document is the final report of the activity undertaken during the first 18 months of the network in work-package 6 for increasing the availability, visibility and acceptance of Open Source software in the area of device, network and service management. It describes (1) the efforts made in collecting data on available software, making this data available to the public in an homogeneous and open way and (2) the efforts supported by EMANICS on the development and/or extensions towards broader acceptance and dissemination of Open Source components that emerge from the EMANICS community.