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Visit us at OSCON in Austin
Here is a roundup of what to watch out for from the OSI in Austin, Texas. Community Leadership Summit For those of you attending Community Leadership Summit, there will be several people from the OSI who are always eager to talk open source and otherwise. Don’t hesitate to approach us and say hello! OSCON Expo…
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Open Source Elections System: Update from City & County of San Francisco, California USA
The OSI has has voiced our support to recent efforts by the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Elections to develop an open source voting system. The following is an update provided to the OSI from Commissioner and Vice President of the Elections Commission, Chris Jerdonek. A lot has happened this past month…
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OSI’s Comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget Regarding the “Federal Source Code Policy”
*Note: The following comments were submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget, regarding the “Federal Source Code Policy” on behalf of the OSI [https://github.com/WhiteHouse/source-code-policy/issues/227](https://github.com/WhiteHouse/source-code-policy/issues/227)* **Introduction** The Open Source Initiative (OSI) was chartered in the late 1990s as a California 501C3 to advance open source licensing and development in order to raise awareness…
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Thoughts on Leaving the OSI Board
After six years (two terms), this week marks the end of my time on the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). While I plan to remain involved with open source issues and with the Board, the end of my service on the Board is a significant personal milestone, so I thought that…
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Membership Drive Results 2016
 From February 3rd to March 14th, we ran our second ever membership drive. ###**The Numbers** This year, we are delighted to say hello to 335 new and returning members. This means that our membership numbers are up 172% over last year, which is wonderful to see! Of these numbers, 50 members are entirely new…
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OSI at OSCON 2016
This year, OSCON moves to Austin, Texas and we’ll be there! (Plus, we’re attending Community Leadership Summit the weekend before the conference.) Join us from May 16th to 19th, as we’re delighted to announce that OSI will once more have a booth in the Expo Hall. We would really love to see you there! Rather…
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Welcome New OSI Board Directors: 2016 Election Results
The OSI is pleased to announce the results of our 2016 Board of Directors elections, and congratulate our two new Board Directors elected by our Affiliate Members, Molly de Blanc & Italo Vignoli, as well as Josh Simmons, who was elected by our Individual Members. We would like to thank all of the candidates who…
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US Gov’t Releases Draft Open Source Policy for Public Comment
The US Federal Government is one of the world’s largest buyers of software, much of which is custom developed by government contractors in response to RfP’s and sole source procurements. Not only is the original development of this software expensive, but the Government must often negotiate follow-on sole source contracts with the same vendor for…
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Don’t Forget To Vote!
With just a few days to go in our elections, here’s your gentle reminder to vote on who you would most like to see on the board of the OSI. You have until midnight PST on March 14th, 2016 to do so. Helios System Voting for board members takes places through the Helios App. The…
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Open Source Initiative Welcomes Internet Systems Consortium as Newest Affiliate Member
Core community in developing and maintaining the Internet’s infrastructure adds it’s voice, experience and leadership to open source advocacy. PALO ALTO, Calif. – March 2, 2016 — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI) is honored to announce ISC (Internet Systems Consortium), the organization behind the ongoing development and distribution of the most used name server software,…
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