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  • Open Source CADNANO is unbelievably cool

    I just read this in Nature: The researchers designed the structure of the nanorobots using open-source software, called Cadnano, developed by one of the authors — Shawn Douglas, a biophysicist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. They then built the bots using DNA origami. The barrel-shaped devices, each about 35 nanometres in diameter,…

  • OSI Announces New Initiatives

    OSI is changing, and you can help!  I spoke at FOSDEM in Brussels on Saturday, on behalf of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) where I serve as a director. My noon keynote covered a little of the rationale behind OSI and a quick synopsis of its last decade from my own perspective and then announcements…

  • Help OSI – Complete Our Survey!

    UPDATE: Please note this survey was completed in March 2012 and the data was used to design OSI Individual Membership The Open Source Initiative is switching to a member-led governance. For that, it will need members. The OSI Board would be very grateful if you would complete the totally anonymous survey which will help us…

  • Live Free or Die in New Hampshire

    New Hampshire has passed a new law that is summarized as follows: This bill requires state agencies to consider open source software when acquiring software and promotes the use of open data formats by state agencies. This bill also directs the commissioner of information technology to develop a statewide information policy based on principles of…

  • OSI Reform At FOSDEM

    In preparation for my keynote at FOSDEM, I was interviewed by the team who have just posted the interview. In particular, I noted this background to the governance reform, which readers here might find useful: Why exactly did OSI decide to reorganize its governance from a board-only organization into a member-based structure? How will this…

  • FLOSS Body of Knowledge

    As courses, certificates, and curricula are created, it’s valuable to bring together people who are working to develop and deliver this material into a community where we can jointly define a central body of knowledge related to free, libre, and open source software. That goal has led me to take the first step toward creating…

  • OSI Opposes SOPA and PIPA

    The Open Source Initiative Board joined many other civil society organizations as co-signatories of an open letter expressing concern about SOPA and PIPA. As human rights and press freedom advocates, we write to express our deep concern about S. 968, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), and the threat it poses to international human rights. Like…

  • Mozilla Releases OSI-Approved MPLv2

    Last week saw a quiet landmark in the history of the open source movement with the formal release of version two of the Mozilla Public License (MPLv2) and its approval as an official open source license. While to many it may look like just another legal detail, it is significant both for the way it…

  • Open Source receives official support in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

    On November 11, 2011, the government of the State of Rio de Janeiro – the second largest state in Brazil in terms of population and GDP – published a new law, which mandates public entities and companies in Rio de Janeiro to give preference to open document formats, in particular ODF. The publication of Law…

  • OSI and the CPTN Transaction

    This page preserves the news flow from the OSI home page at the start of 2011 concerning the purchase of Novell’s patent portfolio by the CPTN Consortium. OSI Responds to German Competition Follow-up on Novell/CPTN Transaction April 8, 2011: Towards the end of March, we received a message from the German Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office…

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