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The Fediverse unlocks a world of composable distributed apps
There’s more to Mastodon than just replacing Twitter. ActivityPub has the potential to end the reign of monetized surveillance with a switch to user-owned applications.
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Start the holiday season by becoming a member of the Open Source Initiative.
Together we can make a difference – become an OSI member today. Only with a strong member base can the Open Source Initiative can continue its role as the steward of the Open Source Definition, the internationally recognized nexus of trust, a foundation for, and authority in Open Source software. The OSI offers a variety of…
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How OSI got to Mastodon
We have a new official social media channel for the Open Source Initiative: OSI is on Mastodon. We’ve been working to get a proper, authenticated home in the Fediverse for several months and now the addition has happened! Talk about timing! With the help of Hugo Gameiro at @mastohost, we’ve setup a Mastodon instance with…
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Notes from Policy and Standards program – November 2022
In the month of November we rebooted our public policy mailing list and expanded our Policy and Standards program beyond the EU and into the US. We thought it would be helpful to share what our areas of focus are as we look forward to planning for the coming year. Current Focus Europe The collision…
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We are headed to All Things Open 2022
You can find the OSI in Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina October 31st through November 2nd for the All Things Open (ATO) 2022 conference. ATO is celebrating 10 years this year. This educational conference is a great place to be introduced to new technologies and topics. It’s a valuable conference for the Open Source community and we…
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On the emerging landscape of open AI
In recent months, principles that underpin Open Source programming and other efforts to build information commons are being applied to AI research and development. It’s a turning point.
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Fireside chat with Mike Linksvayer
Mike Linksvayer, head of developer policy at GitHub in a conversation with Open Source Initiative’s executive director Stefano Maffulli talking about AI.
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OSI’s Deep Dive is an essential discussion on the future of AI and open source
GitHub is sponsoring Open Source Initiative’s Deep Dive: AI because we think it’s important for the community to unpack how open source software, process, and principles can help best deliver on the promise of AI.
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@osi bit of a surprise to see myself in the photo on the maintainer page 😂