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OSI Board Meeting Minutes, July 12, 2006

Attendees: Mr. Michael Tiemann, President, Ms. Danese Cooper, Secretary & Treasurer, Mr. Russ Nelson, Director, Mr. Ken Coar, Director, Mr....

April 2, 2008 Meeting Minutes
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
Report of License Proliferation Committee and draft FAQ

The purpose of this document is to report on the efforts and recommendations of the License Proliferation committee of the...

July 31, 2006 Page
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
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
How the OSI checks if new licenses comply with the Open Source Definition

Earlier this month, we announced completion of the project to review the list of Approved Licenses. The Open Source community...

September 26, 2023 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
Open Source Licenses by Category

License Index License Approval Process License Information Origins and definitions of categories from the License Proliferation Committee report In the...

September 19, 2006 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
OSI Trademark Guidelines

Table of Contents Open Source Initiative Trademark Policy Usage That Does Not Require Written Permission Noncommercial and community web sites...

July 21, 2009 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