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International Authority & Recognition

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), Open Source Definition (OSD) and OSI Approved Open Source Licenses are internationally recognized, and affirmed...

April 21, 2015 Page
May 2019 License-Review Summary

In May, the License-Review mailing list saw extensive debate on the Cryptographic Autonomy License. The list also discussed a BSD...

June 3, 2019 Post
May 2019 License-Discuss Summary

In May, the License-Discuss mailing list talked about: * relationship between the License-Review mailing list and the License Comittee *...

June 3, 2019 Post
March 2019 License-Discuss Summary

In March, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed: * the Cryptographic Autonomy License * its interactions with the GDPR * how...

April 1, 2019 Post
February 2020 License-Discuss Summary

In February 2020, the License-Discuss mailing list went over the following: OSD and compulsory user reporting Delisting of licenses MIT-Clone...

July 21, 2020 Post
2023 in review: many reasons to celebrate

The year of 2023 was a busy one for the Open Source Initiative (OSI), as we celebrated the 25th Anniversary...

December 13, 2023 Post
CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 – Strongly Reciprocal

Peamble CERN has developed this licence to promote collaboration among hardware designers and to provide a legal tool which supports...

January 28, 2021 License
Frequently Answered Questions

Here are answers to questions we are frequently asked. If you have a question not addressed here, please contact us. Basics...

October 21, 2007 Page
December 2018 License-Discuss List Summary

I've been asked to provide monthly summaries of the license-review and license-discuss mailing lists. The summaries will also be posted...

January 7, 2019 Post
January 2019 License-Discuss Summary

In January, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed: * the opensource.dev info site * Open Data * “intimacy” in Open Source...

February 4, 2019 Post
OSI’s Comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget Regarding the “Federal Source Code Policy”

*Note: The following comments were submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget, regarding the "Federal Source Code...

April 18, 2016 Post