New Affiliate Member Joins OSI: The TeX Users Group
The TeX Users Group (TUG) is new to the OSI Affiliate program, but not new to the world. It’s a membership-based not-for-profit that was founded in 1980 to encourage and…
Author Archives: OSI Policy Team
Modernizing Our Mission Statement
We have reworked our mission statement. First of all, our positions have not changed but the activities that we focus on going forward will continue to extend beyond license approval….
The Evolution of OSI as a Workplace
Part of our big growth year at OSI has been on the back end. One piece of that is thinking about our organization as a workplace and what it’s like…
OSI and Friends at Virtual FOSDEM
FOSDEM is a long running free and open source community event that has moved online for its 21st year. This year’s event will be a little different, but the silver…
LCA: Catch Talks by OSI Staff and Community
Linux.conf.au (aka LCA) is a lovely community conference based in Australasia that will be entering its 22nd year in 2021. The volunteer-run event is known for getting deeply technical on…
OSI End of Year Newsletter
Welcome to the Open Source Initiative’s quarterly newsletter. This particular newsletter will recap the end of 2020 for both the OSI and our Affiliate Members. We hope the information shared…
Facebook’s Visdom Project is now Open Source and Transitioned to OSI Affiliate FOSSASIA
OSI Affiliate FOSSASIA welcomes the Visdom data visualization project. The project has been developed at Facebook AI Research since 2017. As part of the transition from Facebook to FOSSASIA Visdom…
State of the Source Presentations Available to Watch
Did you miss State of the Source? Not to worry we have you covered! Presentations from our first ever world wide summit are available to view on our Youtube channel. You…
Released: Report on Our Member Survey
This year, OSI Board member Elana Hashman began a project to survey OSI’s stakeholders. This was the first time in our history that we have formally surveyed people in our…
OSI Seeks to Hire Executive Director
It is with great pride and excitement that I announce that OSI, as of today, is embarking on a search for an Executive Director. This is the culmination of many…
The .NET Foundation Joins the Open Source Initiative’s Affiliate Program
PALO ALTO, Calif., October 20th, 2020 — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the international authority in open source licensing, is excited to announce the affiliate membership of the .NET Foundation,…
Two Affiliate Events Later This Month
October in 2019 was packed with opportunities to catch up — in person — with many of our open source friends. This year is different, but there are still opportunities…