Members Newsletter – January 2024
It’s a new year and that means it’s time to elect a new Board of Directors at the OSI! The elections timeline was announced on January 16. Nominations will be…
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A public forum to discuss the Open Source AI Definition
Introducing the first OSI members forum, as part of OSI’s commitment to transparency and collaboration.
How OSI is renewing its board of directors in 2024
Elections are now in progress until March 18th. The OSI board of directors is renewing three of its seats with an open election process among its full individual members and affiliates. Here is the full timeline and how you can participate.
A historic view of the practice to delay releasing Open Source software: OSI’s report
New report explores from a historical perspective the “Delayed Open Source Publication” (DOSP), the practice to delay the release of code under Open Source licenses.
ClearlyDefined: recapping a year of progress and sharing a vision for 2024
At the beginning of 2023, I started as a community manager for ClearlyDefined, with the goals of creating an open governance model for the project and helping the OSI to…
OSI work in developing an Open Source AI definition featured in the State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem 2023 report
OSI’s work is featured in the State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem 2023 report, published by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.
2023 in review: many reasons to celebrate
Wrapping up a busy one for the Open Source Initiative as we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Open Source while looking towards present and future challenges and opportunities.
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…
Open Source AI: Establishing a common ground
The Open Source community should not write its own definition of an AI system as there are too many dangers with doing that. It’s safer to adopt a well established one.
DPGA members engage in Open Source AI Definition workshop
The OSI led a workshop to define Open Source AI and joined the subsequent presentation by the AI Community of Practice of the DPGA in Addis Ababa. This is how it went.
Closing the 2023 rounds of Deep Dive AI with first draft piece of the Definition of Open Source AI
We are closing out 2023 and the Deep Dive: Defining Open Source AI with a draft Definition v.0.0.3 collaboratively crafted through in-person sessions and online comment contributions. It has been a challenging and rewarding experience. Read further to learn the details of what was done and what is yet to come.
Nerdearla reflects on openness and inclusivity
Reflections on Nerdearla 2023 in Buenos Aires, organized by sysarmy, including the presentation of “25 Years of Open Source.”