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March 2015

In March 2015, ResearchKit was made available by Apple as an open source published under a BSD-type software licence. ResearchKit is a toolbox for development of medical research software applications. Later in the year, the open sourcing of the licence was important for the pilot of the University Hospital of German city of Freiburg that aimed to involve users of smartphones and tablet PCs to share data that will help to improve treatments. As of August 2015, the software is only available for users of Apple’s iOS operating system. The app language is German, however the version in other languages are expected to be developed at a later stage.