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Open Source Election System Certified
OSI Affiliate Member, The National Association of Voting Officials (NAVO), announced this week the certification of the Prime lll open source election system for the State of Ohio. NAVO spokesperson Brent Turner stated the ballot delivery system is, “the first step toward appropriately secure voting systems replacing the ‘secret software‘ systems that have plagued our…
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Engineering Group and Open Source Initiative Partner for Enhanced Leadership in Open Source: Engineering Group continues its support of global open source software communities.
Rome (Italy) – March 27, 2018 – Engineering Group, the global IT player and Italian leader in digital transformation, announced their continued sponsorship of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). The OSI is internationally recognized as the stewards of open source software, working to promote and protect open source projects, development and communities. For 20 years…
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CAVO Promotes Open Source Voting in Documentary and Legislation
The California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO), and OSI Affiliate Member, is working on several fronts to promote the adoption of open source software in voting systems. In addition to being featured in an upcoming documentary, the group has recently partnered with a California-based elections reform group, focused on limiting the influence of “big money”…
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2018 Affiliate and Individual Member Election Results
The OSI’s 2018 elections ran from February 3, with the opening of nominations, through March 16, when the voting was closed at 12:00 midnight PDT. This year’s Board of Directors election sought to fill two Affiliate Member seats, and two Individual Member seats. Voting in OSI elections is open to all OSI Individual…
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Crowdsourcing FOSS Project Success: Clearly defined project data, a smooth path to widespread adoption.
PALO ALTO, Calif. – March 6, 2018 — Today the Open Source Initiative® (OSI) announced its Incubator Project, ClearlyDefined, a crowdsourced project aimed at boosting the success of FOSS projects by clearly defining their status. Absences or ambiguities around licensing or known security vulnerabilities can erode confidence and limit project success. Project teams often are…
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OSI Celebration at Campus Party Brazil
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) celebrated its 20th Anniversary at [Campus Party Brazil 2018](http://brasil.campus-party.org/) during the first week of February. Campus Party Brazil is among the largest and most diverse tech events in the world. The eleventh edition of the event received a total of 120,000 attendees, of which 8000 were “campers” (participants who actually…
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@osi Just posted my answer to the OSI Governance Survey.In short: the OSI Board is required to have clear and…