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  • React to React

    The OSI has received several inquiries concerning its opinion on the licensing of React [1], which is essentially the 3-clause BSD license along with, in a separate file, an ‘Additional Grant of Patent Rights’ [2]. The Additional Grant of Patent Rights is a patent license grant that includes certain termination criteria. These termination criteria are…

  • Volunteering at the 2017 SFBay ACT-W conference

    Special guest article by Sean Roberts (@sarob). The OSI would like to thank Sean, Erich and Zack for all their help in promoting and staffing the OSI booth during the Bay Area ACT-W, and their support of open source software and women in technology. The OSI frequently reaches out to our membership and local open…

  • Software Freedom Advocates Invited to the Open Source Initiative’s Community Social

    OSI hosting a community social for the open source software community: join us for drinks, dinning and discussions. Meadhall, Cambridge, MA April 04, 2017 — If you’re in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area on Tuesday, April 4th, the OSI Board of Directors invites you to join us and the free and open source software community…

  • Open Source for Science + Innovation

    A symposium on Open Source Software, Open Science, Open Source Hardware, and their role in innovation FREE EVENT! REGISTER HERE! Who is this symposium for? This symposium is for anybody with an interest in open source software, open science, open hardware, and innovation. What is this symposium about? We are bringing together open source and…

  • OSI Welcomes the Journal of Open Source Software as Affiliate Member

    Open Source Initiative Extends Support for Computational Science and Engineering Research and Researchers. PALO ALTO, Calif. – March 28, 2017 — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), a global non-profit organization formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source software and communities, announced that the Journal Of Open Source Software (JOSS), a…

  • San Francisco Open Source Voting System Project Continues On

    This update on San Francisco’s project to develop and certify the country’s first open source voting system was submitted by OSI Individual Member Chris Jerdonek. While Chris is a member (and President) of the San Francisco Elections Commission, he is providing this update as an individual and not in his official capacity as a Commissioner.…

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