Members Newsletter – July 2024
Doing business for and with Open Source can be a challenging endeavor, yet the market value of Open Source software from the supply and especially the demand side shows that…
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Mer Joyce: voices of the Open Source AI Definition
Meet Mer Joyce, founder and principal of Do Big Good, independent consultant hired by the OSI to lead the OSAID co-design process.
Beyond SPDX: expanding licenses identified by ClearlyDefined
ClearlyDefined now supports non-SPDX licenses. Scancode already provides this functionality and it offers mapping from these non-SPDX licenses to the SPDX LicenseRef. Organizations using ClearlyDefined now have the option to decide how to handle non-SPDX licenses based on their own needs.
Highlights from AI_dev Paris
On June 19-20, the Linux Foundation hosted AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Europe 2024. We highlight some presentations from AI_dev Paris and how they are aligned with OSI’s work on the Open Source AI Definition.
Members Newsletter – June 2024
In our efforts to establish a stable Open Source AI Definition, one of the most challenging aspects has been data and its availability. There are some people arguing that the…
Members Newsletter – May 2024
Work on the Open Source AI Definition is continuing on schedule, with v0.0.8 published in hopes of reaching a release candidate next month and a stable version in October. Version…
OSI at PyCon US: engaging with AI practitioners and developers as we reach OSAID’s first release candidate
As part of the Open Source AI Definition roadshow and as we approach the first release candidate of the draft, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) participated at PyCon US 2024,…
Unveiling ClearlyDefined: this free SBOM service gets cleared for takeoff
With all the buzz around SBOMs and Open Source supply chain compliance and security, a new revolution is igniting at ClearlyDefined. This amazing project has been flying under the radar…
Members Newsletter – April 2024
The OSI wants to breathe life into the stories, case studies and research around maintaining a healthy business while producing Open Source software, so we’ve created a way to spread…
Compelling responses to NTIA’s AI Open Model Weights RFC
The OSI has compiled a compelling list of responses from nonprofit organizations and companies to NTIA’s AI Open Model Weights RFC.
Members Newsletter – March 2024
The evolution of the Open Source AI Definition continues, and draft v.0.0.6 is now live and open for public comments. This draft contains one major change in the section “What…
ClearlyDefined at the ORT Community Days
Once again Bosch’s campus in Berlin received ORT Community Days, the annual event organized by the OSS Review Toolkit (ORT) community. ORT is an Open Source suite of tools to automate software compliance checks.