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2023 in review: many reasons to celebrate
Wrapping up a busy one for the Open Source Initiative as we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Open Source while looking towards present and future challenges and opportunities. The post 2023 in review: many reasons to …
The most popular licenses for each language in 2023
The 2023 report of the licenses in use by the biggest package managers highlights the need to educate developers on … The post The most popular licenses for each language in 2023 appeared first on Voices …
Open Source AI: Establishing a common ground
The Open Source community should not write its own definition of an AI system as there are too many dangers with doing that. It's safer to adopt a well established one. The post Open Source AI: …
DPGA members engage in Open Source AI Definition workshop
The OSI led a workshop to define Open Source AI and joined the subsequent presentation by the AI Community of Practice of the DPGA in Addis Ababa. This is how it went. The post DPGA members …
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