OSI's Emeritus Members are a group of distinguished people who have served the OSI in the past and continue to support the global open source community.
Emeritus Members of the OSI Board
- Eric S. Raymond - Founder & President Emeritus (PGP key)
- Eric designed the language and marketing tactics around which the OSI was formed. He and Bruce Perens co-founded the organization. Eric lives in Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Bruce Perens
- Bruce Perens is a computer programmer and advocate in the open source community. He co-founded the OSI with Eric S. Raymond and architect of the Open Source Definition.
- Ian Murdock
- Tim Sailer
- Chip Salzenberg
- Brian Behlendorf
- L. Peter Deutsch
- Guido van Rossum
- Chris DiBona
- Joichi Ito
- Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana
- Matt Asay
- Raj Mathur
- Bruno Souza
- Ken Coar (PGP key)
- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
- Nnenna Nwakanma
- Danese Cooper
- Russell Nelson
- Michael Tiemann
- Andrew Oliver
- Mike Godwin
Emeritus Board Observers
- Zak Greant
- Bdale Garbee
- Dr. Ernest Prabhakar
Emeritus Legal Counsel
- Larry Rosen
- Larry served for many years as general counsel and secretary. He educated us on many issues of trademark, copyright, patent, and contract law.
- Laura Majerus
- Laura Majerus worked at Fenwick & West when she was counsel for OSI. She is now an in-house lawyer at Google.