The most popular licenses for each language in 2023
The 2023 report of the licenses in use by the biggest package managers highlights the need to educate developers on the importance of licensing information. While many developers know that…
In practice
Open source in the real world
Simplify Open Source License Compliance
During our POSI 2021 event Marc Jones, General Counsel at CivicActions shared some of his top-level advice for anyone looking to open source a project
GitHub’s The ReadME Project elevates the open source community through education and mentorship
GitHub is committed to open source and building solutions that support the open source community. The ReadME Project amplifies the voices of the developer community by telling stories about open source, culture, security, DevOps, and more.
How to talk to your boss about open source
In her presentation at POSI 2021, Deborah Bryant, OSI Board Director, recalled that she was first introduced to open source when she ran a commercial ISP earlier in her career.
Red Hat: Moving from a proprietary to an open source culture
Joining and contributing to an open source community is a great way to use your skills in creative ways while getting exposure to interesting projects that will expand your skill set. This video shared one person’s experience transitioning from a proprietary environment to open source.
Open@RIT: Helping Students Embrace the Power of Open Source
Creative, exciting applications of open source software can be found worldwide, and who better to share the details of new use cases than the practitioners themselves. In this blog series…
ClearlyDefined is clearly making progress
ClearlyDefined is a central, curated data store for Open Source Software licenses.