After six years (two terms), this week marks the end of my time on the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). While I plan to remain involved with open source issues and with the Board, the end of my service on the Board is a significant personal milestone, so I thought that I would briefly reflect on the past six years for open source, and especially the OSI.

When I was nominated for the OSI Board in 2010, the Board was a small, select group whose early members made important contributions to the open source community, notably the Open Source Definition and the approval of licenses that conformed to that Definition. The Board’s activities were supported by a couple of corporate donations. Since all of the Board members had “day jobs” that brought in their personal incomes, everyone was quite busy and it was often difficult to make progress on various initiatives.  It’s a testament to the hard work of the earliest members of the Board that the OSI was well-recognized as the steward of licenses and the OSD.

 From February 3rd to March 14th, we ran our second ever membership drive. ###**The Numbers** This year, we are delighted to say hello to 335 new and returning members….

This year, OSCON moves to Austin, Texas and we’ll be there! (Plus, we’re attending Community Leadership Summit the weekend before the conference.) Join us from May 16th to 19th, as we’re delighted to announce that OSI will once more have a booth in the Expo Hall. We would really love to see you there!

Rather than the usual 20% discount for OSI members, OSCON have generously given us a 30% discount code for our member to use when purchasing Gold, Silver, and Bronze conference passes.

The US Federal Government is one of the world’s largest buyers of software, much of which is custom developed by government contractors in response to RfP’s and sole source procurements….

Core community in developing and maintaining the Internet’s infrastructure adds it’s voice, experience and leadership to open source advocacy. PALO ALTO, Calif. – March 2, 2016 — The Open Source…

Aidan Feldman of 18F; David Moore, creator of CouncilMatic; NYC Council Member Ben Kallos; John Sullivan, Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation, and; Paul Tagliamonte, Board Director of the…