Events and recaps.
Building digital public goods: Reflections from UN Open Source Week 2025
The UN’s Open Source Week in NYC brought people together from around the world to discuss the promise of Open Source and how it can be leveraged to build sustainable digital public goods and infrastructure. The week included side events focused on openness and AI and two full days at the UN dedicated to Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) and Digital Public Infrastructure.
Open Source and the future of European AI sovereignty: Insights from Vivatech 2025
The Vivatech panel made one thing clear: Open Source AI isn’t just a matter of sharing code—it’s about power, trust, and sovereignty. France and Europe must double down on the principles that foster permissionless innovation and embrace European culture and values.
OSI at the Open Source Founders Summit: supporting entrepreneurs to build a business with Open Source
Open Source Founders Summit (#05F525), held May 19–20 in Paris, brought together a vibrant community of Open Source entrepreneurs, builders, and advocates for two days of deep, engaging conversations about what it takes to create sustainable, successful Open Source companies.
May is Maintainer Month: Celebrating those who secure Open Source
Maintainer Month returns this May, and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is proud to join GitHub and a global community of contributors in honoring the individuals who steward and sustain Open Source projects. In 2025, Maintainer Month enters its fourth year with a clear and urgent theme: Securing Open Source.
Highlights from the Digital Public Goods Alliance Annual Members Meeting 2024
The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) Annual Members Meeting was an inspiring gathering of innovators, developers and advocates working to create a thriving ecosystem for Digital Public Goods (DPGs).
ClearlyDefined at SOSS Fusion 2024: a collaborative solution to Open Source license compliance
The Open Source Initiative in collaboration with GitHub and SAP presented ClearlyDefined at SOSS Fusion.
Rahmat Akintola: Voices of the Open Source AI Definition
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a series of stories about a few of the people involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. Today, we are featuring Rahmat Akintola, one of the volunteers who has helped to shape and are shaping the OSAID.
Co-designing the OSAID: a highlight from Nerdearla
At the 10th anniversary of Nerdearla, one of the largest Open Source conferences in Latin America, Mer Joyce, Co-Design Facilitator of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID), delivered a key presentation titled “Defining Open Source AI”.
A Journey toward defining Open Source AI: presentation at Open Source Summit Europe
A few weeks ago I attended Open Source Summit Europe 2024, an event organized by the Linux Foundation, that brought together brilliant developers, technologists and leaders from all over the world, reinforcing what Open Source is truly about—collaboration, innovation and community.
Data Transparency in Open Source AI: Protecting Sensitive Datasets
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a series of stories about a few of the people involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. Today, we are featuring Tarunima Prabhakar, one of the volunteers who has helped to shape and are shaping the OSAID.
Highlights from our participation at Open Source Congress 2024
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) proudly participated in the Open Source Congress 2024, held from August 25-27 in Beijing, China. This event was a gathering for key individuals in the Open Source nonprofit community, aiming to foster collaboration, innovation, and strategic development within the ecosystem. Here are some highlights from OSI’s participation at the event.
Three things I learned at KubeCon + AI_Dev China 2024
KubeCon China 2024 was a whirlwind of innovation, community and technical deep dives. As it often happens at these community events, I was blown away by the energy, enthusiasm and sheer amount of knowledge being shared.
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