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  • Join us for OSI’s first State of the Source Summit!

    We need open source now, more than ever. Now is the time to foster global connections, knowledge exchange and cross-border collaboration. Only by working together can we make bigger strides in solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. The mission of OSI has always been to advocate for the benefits of open source and…

  • Announcing OSI’s New Interim General Manager

    The Open Source Initiative is bringing in Deb Nicholson as its new Interim General Manager. Nicholson will be supporting the organization through a period of growth and introspection over the upcoming year as stakeholders continue building on the non-profit’s past successes. She will be overseeing day-to-day operations, including marketing, staffing and infrastructure, as well as supporting…

  • February 2020 License-Discuss Summary

    In February, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed the OSD and compulsory user reporting, the delisting of licenses, the MIT-Clone and conern on the copyright notice, GDPR/CCPA and the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), the CERN Open Hardware License 2.0, Ethical Open Source Licensing – Persona non Grata Preamble, Fairness vs Mission Objectives of the OSI, ethical open source licensing…

  • License Review Process Update

    We’d like to update you on some work we have underway on improving the OSI’s work on reviewing open source licenses. We’re working on two initiatives, one substantive and one process. First, on process, we know that an email list is a suboptimal way to perform the license review process. We have published a Request…

  • OSI Spring 2020 Newsletter

    Welcome to the Open Source Initiative’s quarterly newsletter. We hope the information shared in each edition provides you with interesting insights into our initiatives and activities. We also hope to include updates regarding our members and affiliates, as well as the broader open source software community. If you have any ideas for what we cover,…

  • OASIS Open Joins Open Source Initiative

    Shared vision and combined resources extend both organizations’ ability to advance open source through standards. PALO ALTO, Calif., June 30, 2020 — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the internationally recognized steward of the Open Source Definition and open source licenses, is excited to announce the Affiliate Membership of OASIS Open, a global nonprofit consortium managing…

  • OSI Standards Newsletter Q2 2020

    Welcome to the 2020 mid-year newsletter from OSI’s Standards and Policy office. This update is for Advisory Board representatives and Working Group members (see below) and may be distributed within their respective organisations. Because distribution cannot be controlled we have omitted any information that is privileged in some way (such as under Committee or Chatham…

  • Celebrating GNOME’s Patent Settlement

    The Open Source Initiative would like to congratulate the GNOME Foundation on its recent settlement of the patent lawsuit alleging that the Shotwell software infringed patents owned by Rothschild Patent Imaging. The settlement was a huge achievement — not only did GNOME pay nothing, but Rothschild Patent Imaging and its owner, Leigh M. Rothschild, have…

  • State of the Source Summit

    State of the Source Summit

    A World-wide Open Source Summit: Build your local community, while engaging the global community. The State of the Source Summit invites open source communities of practice from around the world to organize and contribute to a global conversation on the current state of open source software: non-technical issues that foster development and community, the licenses…

  • OpenJS Foundation Joins Open Source Initiative as Newest Affiliate Member

    Membership emphasizes growing outreach and engagement with broader software and technology communities. PALO ALTO, Calif., June 9, 2020 — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the international authority in open source licensing, is excited to announce the affiliate membership of the OpenJS Foundation, the premier home for critical open source JavaScript projects, including Appium, Dojo, jQuery,…

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