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Open Source Initiative Extends Affiliate Program to Higher Education
Recognizing the growth of open source software within higher education information technology, the OSI has expanded their community Affiliate Memberships to colleges and universities. June 22, 2015 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — Driven by the promise of reduced costs, increased pace of innovation, community-driven development and shared services, institutions of higher education are increasingly moving…
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Open Source Initiative & LibreItalia Partner to Raise Adoption of Free and Open Source Software
Innovative approach introduces LibreOffice to new computer users, and in doing so, the benefits of open source software and communities globally. June 15, 2015 – The Open Source Initiative® (OSI) announced today that Associazione LibreItalia, a non-profit organization working to reduce the digital divide and tear down barriers to digital citizenship throughout Italy, has joined…
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Mautic Association Extends Global Reach with Open Source Initiative Affiliate Membership
New open source project is growing quickly, hopeful OSI Affiliation will foster support and collaboration with others in the open source world. June 10, 2015 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI) announced today the Affiliate Membership of The Mautic™ Association (www.mautic.org), a non-profit organization focused on supporting the Mautic free and…
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Open Source Wrap Up: May 15, 2015
By “OpenSourceToday” via Reddit All content in this post is shared under a CC-BY-SA License. =====News from the Samsung Open Source Group Blog===== 2015 Future of Open Source Study For the last 15 years, North Bridge and Black Duck Software have joined efforts every year to conduct a survey about the use of open source…
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Handing On The Baton
I joined in with the Open Source Initiative in 2008, was elected to its Board in 2010 and became its President in 2012. Along with the Board, I’ve pursued a vision of OSI transforming into a membership organisation, serving open source not only as steward of the Open Source Definition and arbiter of which licenses…
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OSI Welcomes New Sponsor Deciso
Sponsor of OPNsense, an open source FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform, extends support to broader open source community. April 28, 2015 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Open Source Initiative (OSI), a member-driven and industry-supported non-profit, announced the generous sponsorship of Deciso B.V. Deciso joins existing OSI corporate sponsors Adobe, Craigslist, Engineering Group, IBM,…
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OpenMRS joins Open Source Initiative as Affiliate Member
Partnership highlights core values of both organizations in ensuring access to all members within communities. March 30, 2015 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), recognized globally for their work in promoting and protecting open source software and development communities, announced today the Affiliate Membership of OpenMRS®, a free and open…
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California Association of Voting Officials, Latest to Join Open Source Initiative
Organizations aligned in goals of raising awareness and adoption of open source in government and elections. PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), the premiere organization that promotes and protects open source, announced today that the California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO) has joined the OSI as an Affiliate Member. CAVO is…
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Statement of Support: Open Source Licensing and Community Intent
Christoph Hellwig, supported by Software Freedom Conservancy (Conservancy), has initiated a lawsuit in Germany against VMware for alleged violations of the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, an OSI approved license. If you aren’t following the case yet, it’s worth starting with the statements published by Conservancy, the Free Software Foundation,…
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Why I am a Member of the Open Source Initiative
(Original post by Leslie Hawthorn, CC-BY) And you should be, too. Full disclosure: I sit on the Board of the Open Source Initiative and am running for reelection in 2015. My board seat is a volunteer position and I receive no financial compensation for this work. For the first time ever, the Open Source Initiative…
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