Join Us In New York City
In conjunction with the New York City open source community, the OSI Board of Directors will be hosting a meet-up to discuss “Careers in Open Source”. If you’re an OSI member, we hope you can join us.
Press Releases
Powering Potential Expands to Peru
The Open Source Initiative’s first African Affiliate, Powering Potential Inc. (PPI), is pleased to announce a pilot program expansion in Peru of their award-winning solar-powered Raspberry Pi computer labs already enhancing education throughout rural Tanzania, Africa. PPI’s pilot project is placing a computing lab at the San Francisco Rio Itaya School, located in the Amazon region of Iquitos, Peru.
ClearlyDefined, one year after
It’s been just over a year since the Open Source Initiative approved the proposal for ClearlyDefined to be a project under its organization. So far the project has successfully built a robust software system in collaboration with lots of folks from the community. We wanted to tell you more about what we’ve built so far and how you can get involved with the project.
March 2019 License-Review Summary
In March, the License-Review mailing list
saw the retraction of the SSPL from review,
and discussed a set of GPLv3 Additional Terms.
The License-Discuss list
(summarized at
was far more active.
Among other things,
it discussed Van Lindberg’s upcoming Cryptographic Autonomy License,
and saw extensive discussion about the license review process:
whether the conduct of the list is appropriate,
whether there might be alternatives to using email,
and whether PEP-style summaries would help.
March 2019 License-Discuss Summary
In March, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed: * the Cryptographic Autonomy License * its interactions with the GDPR * how public performance applies to software * the License-Review process *…
Run-off Election Results
After a tie in the 2019 OSI Board of Directors election between Christine Hall, and Mariatta Wijaya, a run-off election was required. The run-off election ran from March 18th, through…
New Open Source Initiative Sponsors Emphasize Diverse/Broad Industry Adoption
Palo Alto, CA – March 22, 2019 – New sponsors, Daily Fantasy Cafe and Lineups.com highlight open source software’s appeal, from traditional business infrastructure to driving innovation.
2019 OSI Board Election Results
OSI elections seat two returning directors, three new directors, with the last seat to be determined through a run-off election. The OSI recently held our 2019 Board elections to seat…
Software Freedom Conservancy Becomes an Open Source Initiative Affiliate Member
Palo Alto, CA – March 14, 2019 – The Software Freedom Conservancy joins long list of Open Source Initiative Affiliate Members
The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the founding organization of the open source software movement, is excited to announce the Affiliate Membership of the Software Freedom Conservancy. “Conservancy”, a public charity, works to promote, improve, develop, and defend free and open source projects. Conservancy provides a home and infrastructure for projects such as Git, Godot Engine, Inkscape, Outreachy, Samba, and many more. Conservancy’s support allows free and open source software developers to focus on what they do best—writing and improving code for the general public—while Conservancy takes care of the projects’ needs that do not relate directly to software development and documentation.
February 2019 License-Review Summary
In February, the License-Review mailing list discussed: * Convertible Free Software License (C-FSL) * Twente License * Server Side Public License, Version 2 (SSPL v2) * Review process, governance, and…
February 2019 License-Discuss Summary
In February, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed how to keep the mailing lists civil and to what degree the business model of a license submitter should be relevant. The corresponding…
The Value of Open Source Software In Higher Education
Apereo was founded around a mission to support educational institutions “…collaborate to foster, develop, and sustain open technologies and innovation to support learning, teaching, and research”. Open source software is at the heart of what Apereo is and does. Why do we believe open source is so important for education?