-
CAVO encouraged by—and encouraging—state and local governments’ open source elections systems.
OSI Affiliate Member, California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO) is reporting significant developments to advance the use of Open Source Software within electronic voting systems. According to CAVO, the PAVE Act, tendered by United States’ senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Kamala Harris of California, includes provisions to address financial barriers that could be incurred…
-
Knowage Renews Sponsorship in Support of Open Source and Open Source Initiative
Open Source Software project cultivates collaboration by extending outreach to OSI as part of broader community development. Knowage, the open source suite for modern Business Analytics, combining traditional and big data sources into valuable and meaningful information, has renewed their sponsorship of the the Open Source Initiative® (OSI). Knowage (formerly SpagoBI) has a 14-years history…
-
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 variant used by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Master-Console license. The corresponding License-Discuss summary is online at and covers an announcement regarding the role of the License-Review list, discussion on the comprehensiveness of…
-
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 * evolution of the license review process * comprehensiveness of the approved license list * licenses of licenses * would three licenses be enough? * email threading The corresponding License-Review summary is online at and covers…
-
Open Source Initiative Announces New Partnership with Software Liberty Association Taiwan
The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), the global organization working to promote and protect open source, is excited to announce the Affiliate Membership of the Software Liberty Association Taiwan (SLAT). Founded in 2001, SLAT is Taiwan’s first legal entity dedicated to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), supporting both the development and user communities. As…
-
OSI License Discuss and Review: Evolution and Improvement
Summary The directors of the board of the Open Source Initiative recognize the process for discussion and review of new licenses proposed for approval by the organization can use improvement and would benefit from evolution. In particular, it does not appear as though all points of view on open source licensing are represented in the…
-
2018 Open Source Initiative Annual Report
Welcome to the Open Source Initiative’s 2018 annual report. In this year’s report you’ll learn about the organization’s activities from the past year, which captures the hard work of employees, contractors, volunteers, and those passionate about open source. I hope this will give you some context on why this work happened and what makes it…
-
You’re Invited: Celebrating Powering Potential.
OSI Affiliate Member Powering Potential Inc. (PPI) is currently preparing for their annual fundraising event scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2019, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at NoMad Studio, located at 29 W. 39th Street, 10th Floor, in New York City.
-
Open Source Hong Kong Becomes an OSI Affiliate Member
PALO ALTO, Calif. – May 14, 2019 – The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the founding organization of the open source software movement, is excited to announce the Affiliate Membership of the Open Source Hong Kong (OSHK). For ten years OSHK has worked across Asia to support open source communities, foster open source development, and…
-
OSI Board Evolution
 I spent last week in New York at the annual new-inductees face-to-face Board meeting of the Open Source Initiative Board (pictured here – Christine Hall is also a member but was unable to join us). Having spent the last 11 years working on refactoring OSI for a new generation, I had advised…
MOST VIEWED STORIES
RECENT COMMENTS
CATEGORIES
@osi so this isn’t law yet, it’s just a suggestion? 100% Microslop will get their grimy hands into the process…