Openness has become the new standard for content and software across a variety of initiatives in higher education. The success of open source software on campuses, and the same ethos…

OSI Board alumnus Simon Phipps recently provided some clarification to FastCo.Design around common misunderstandings related to “sourcing”. We’ve seen more and more of these, although most often–like this example–innocent enough….

The Open Source Initiative welcomes unique community of heath care professionals and open source developers collaborating to transform breathing therapy into games.

The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), recognized globally for promoting and protecting open source software and development communities, announced today that Breathing Games has become an affiliate member. Breathing Games is an international, multidisciplinary community working to improve the quality of health care and life expectancy for people with respiratory disease through therapeutic, science-based-and fun-games.

New affiliate membership highlights diverse communities of interest supporting open source software beyond programmers. The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the steward of the Open Source Definition (or OSD), is announcing…

Thanks to open source, Powering Potential and the Raspberry Pi Foundation are able to bring computers and a library of digital education content to rural schools in the East African nation of Tanzania. Recently, the Foundation funded a project now distributing Raspberry Pi computers with uploaded educational content alongside portable projectors and screens to 56 schools across the Zanzibar archipelago and two mainland regions of Tanzania. The Segal Family Foundation also provided matching funds, which enables the project to reach twice as many schools.

Here is a roundup of what to watch out for from the OSI in Austin, Texas. Community Leadership Summit For those of you attending Community Leadership Summit, there will be…

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.