Let’s get open source voices heard by the EU on standards essential patents
Now is a crucial time for the open source community to respond to the consultation launched by the European Commission on standards essential patents (SEPs).
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Welcome new directors
The 2022 election is over and the OSI has three new Directors Carlo Piana, Josh Berkus and Amanda Brock and one re-elected, Pamela Chestek. Please join me in congratulating them,…
User beware: Modified AGPLv3 removes freedoms, adds legal headaches
Courts interpret the meaning of legal agreements and, no matter how skilled the drafter, the outcome may be unexpected. This is one reason why the license review process is so rigorous. An OSI-approved license may be used for decades to come and we do our best to make sure that they will be interpreted as intended.
Google OSPO: Why we support the OSI
We asked Google OSPO Director Chris Dibona to share the organization’s intrinsic ties to open source, its reasons for supporting the Open Source Initiative, and its hopes for the open source movement.
Six lessons learned from 2022 OSI elections
Before I mark a major project as DONE, I always take time to write down what worked, what didn’t and fresh thoughts on how to do things better next time.
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
Open source ‘protestware’ harms Open Source
There is a new development that directly impacts the open source community, and it warrants a new commentary. Angry maintainers have started adding code to a small number of open source repositories to protest against the war.
Comcast: Why we support the OSI
We asked our sponsors at Comcast to share the organization’s intrinsic ties to open source, its reasons for supporting the Open Source Initiative, and its hopes for the open source movement.
2022 OSI Board Election Results
The polls just closed, the results are in. Congratulations to the elected directors: Pamela Chestek, Carlo Piana, Josh Berkus and Amanda Brock.
Court affirms it’s false advertising to claim software is Open Source when it’s not
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a lower court decision concluding what we’ve always known: that it’s false advertising to claim that software is “open source” when it’s not licensed under an open source license.
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.
The modern function and role of the OSI Board of Directors
We hope this post provided useful context to current board candidates, the voting members, and the rest of the community. There’s a lot of hard work still to be done in open source, and on OSI itself. But our future together is bright!