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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 – Permissive
Preamble CERN has developed this licence to promote collaboration among hardware designers and to provide a legal tool which supports... |
January 28, 2021 | License |
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 |
Open Source in 2019
21 years in, the landscape around open source evolved a lot. But is, "open source" enough? According to Thierry Carrez,... |
July 30, 2019 | Post |