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  • February 2020 License-Review Summary

    In February, the License-Review mailing list discussed the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), its resolution, and the resolution of the Mulan PSL V2. 

  • Charting a Course for 2020 and Beyond

    This is an interesting time for open source. An approach to intellectual property that was once seen as radical is now mainstream. In 2011, 13 years after “open source” was coined and the Open Source Initiative was founded to promote and protect it, O’Reilly Media declared that open source had won. In 2016, WIRED followed…

  • January 2020 License-Review Summary

    In January, the License-Review mailing list discussed the Mulan PSL V2, the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), the resolution of the Vaccine License, the BSD-1-Clause [Legacy], and the resolution of the CasperLabs Open Source License (COSL).

  • January 2020 License-Discuss Summary

    In January, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed Dual Licensing, copyrights on APIs, the decision process regarding license review submissions, AGPL evaluation and real world license testing, and the ZFS kernel code on Linux.

  • Committing to Community throughout the COVID-19 Crisis

    Committing to Community throughout the COVID-19 Crisis

    Each year the Open Source Initiative relies on the dedicated contributions of individual open source developers and advocates, OSI members, and corporate sponsors. This year, with the global pandemic now affecting so many communities, funding priorities have rightly changed: new initiatives that need dedicated support have emerged, yet many fundamental organizations still need continued support…

  • December 2019 License-Review Summary

    In December, the License-Review mailing list went over the ESA Permissive PL v2.3, the Mulan Permissive Software License v1 and v2, the LGPL-2+-KDE (Legacy), the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), the CasperLabs Open Source License (COSL), the BSD-1-Clause (Legacy), and the MIT-0 license.

  • December 2019 License-Discuss Summary

    In December, the License-Discuss mailing list discusseed the relevance of FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) in the context of mobile communication standards, and combining LGPL and MIT licenses under a single LGPL-licensed release.

  • Using Open Source Tools To Fight COVID-19

    Using Open Source Tools To Fight COVID-19

    A guest blog post from The Open Source Center at the Digital Impact Alliance (OSC at DIAL) and OSI Affiliate, ClearlyDefined. As we all adjust to living with the new realities that COVID-19 has brought, we are reminded how fragile our world can be. However, many open source tools and technologies have been developed that…

  • Your Course to Open Source

    Your Course to Open Source

    We’re adding to our fully-online Open Source Technology Management courses to provide those pursuing a career around open source software even more options. In addition to our fully accredited, credit-barring courses offered through Brandeis University, we’ve developed six new “micro-courses.” Taking just four weeks and guided by high-profile leaders in the open source community, you’ll…

  • OSI Winter 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,…

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