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  • 2017 Membership Drive: JOIN TODAY

    2017 Membership Drive: JOIN TODAY

    February, 3rd, 2017 marks the 19th anniversary of the OSI: Please join today The OSI will launch our third annual Individual Membership Drive, coinciding with our 19th anniversary, Feb 3rd, 2017 and running through March 14th, 2017. Our membership drive goal is to sign up 2,398 members in celebration of our founding on 2/3/98 —…

  • Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance Joins Open Source Initiative

    Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance Joins Open Source Initiative

    Association highlights growth of open source software across industries and sectors Dec. 17, 2014 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Open Source Electronic Heath Records Alliance, or OSEHRA, a non-profit community dedicated to supporting open source users, developers, service providers, and researchers engaged in advancing health information technology, has joined the Open Source Initiative’s (OSI)…

  • November 2014 OSI Newsletter

    OSI Newsletter: November 2014   November 2014 OSI Newsletter

  • TYPO3 Association Joins Open Source Initiative as Affiliate Member

    Shared commitment to open source community-development, education and promotion of non-proprietary software. Dec. 4, 2014 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — The TYPO3 Association, a non-profit organization founded to ensure the sustained and long-term development of the various TYPO3 software projects–including the highly flexible, scaleable and customizable TYPO3 Web Content Management system–has joined the Open Source…

  • WordPress Foundation Becomes an Open Source Initiative® Affiliate Member

    OSI to help share WordPress’ success as a model for other open source projects. Oct. 6, 2014 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), the premiere organization that promotes and protects open source, announced today that the WordPress Foundation (WordPress) has joined the OSI as an Affiliate Member. The WordPress Foundation’s…

  • Engineering Group Becomes An Open Source Initiative Corporate Sponsor

    Engineering Group confirms its support for global open source communities and contributes to OSI’s growth Sep. 11, 2014 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — Engineering Group, a founding member of the OW2 Consortium (www.ow2.org) and an associate member of Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org), announced today its corporate sponsorship of the Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org). Founded in 1998,…

  • prPIG Joins the Open Source Initiative

    Partnership will educate students regarding the power of open source software and spur technological and social innovation. PRLog – Aug. 25, 2014 – PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), the premiere organization that promotes and protects open source, announced today that the Puerto Rico Python Interest Group (prPIG) has joined the…

  • OSI and Conservancy Announce US Tax Exemption Working Group

    Software Freedom Conservancy and the Open Source Initiative are pleased to announce that they are the founding members of a working group focused on tax exemption issues for organizations in the United States. Recent activity by the Internal Revenue Service in response to applications for tax exempt status have sparked a lot of interest and…

  • OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE (OSI) ANNOUNCES NEW AFFILIATE MEMBER

    By Leslie Hawthorn July 8, 2014 Palo Alto, California — The Open Source Initiative (opensource.org) is very pleased to announce DemocracyLab (democracylab.org) has joined the OSI as an Affiliate Member. DemocracyLab works to develop tools for civic engagement that promote awareness, collect insights and share ideas to address public need in government. “DemocracyLab seeks to…

  • Why should I care about privacy, when I have nothing to hide?

    Published by Reset The Net on 30 April 2014 We get this a lot. There are a million answers (our favorite short one is “Nothing to hide? Really?”) but here’s something thoughtful and comprehensive to share with a friend the next time it comes up. The short version? None of the freedom and progress we’ve…

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