2026-05-22

2026-05-22 Board Meeting

Approved on 2026-06-29

Board members: Tracy Hinds, McCoy Smith, Carlo Piana, Chris Aniszczyk, Sayeed Choudhury, Thierry Carrez

Guests: Duane O’Brien

Regrets: Anne-Marie Scott, Catharina Maracke, Ruth Suehle

Quorum: Quorum reached at 8:03 a.m. Pacific Time US

Tracy calls the meeting to order at 8:03 a.m.

The board reviews the minutes of the previous board meeting (2026-04-17).

Motion: Approve Previous Meeting Minutes

  • Motion: McCoy moves to approve the minutes of the previous board meeting (2026-04-17).
  • Second: Tracy seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Duane presents the financial health and an update about fundraising of the organisation to the board.

Duane has met or is setting up meetings with OSI’s sponsors to introduce himself and reconnect with them.

Motion: Release Restricted Funds

  • Motion: Tracy moves that the Open Source Initiative Board of Directors release the restriction of $2,591.11 for the FLOSS Desktops for Kids and that any remaining funds be used for the Open Source Initiative’s general fund in support of OSI’s charitable mission.
  • Second: Sayeed seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Duane presents the opportunity to offer the Open Source AI Fellowship to Gabriel Toscano.

Motion: Approve Open Source AI Fellowship

  • Motion: McCoy moves that the Open Source Initiative Board of Directors approve hiring the Open Source AI Fellowship, not to exceed the funds on hand.
  • Second: Sayeed seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Katie joins the meeting at 8:20 a.m.

Katie gives an update to the board about potential lobbying activities in the US.

McCoy presents an update from the License Committee on the following licenses:

  • Free Archive License 1.0
  • Open Source Copyleft License 1.0
  • Dolby ATMOS/Vision FOSS License 1.0
  • Modified 0BSD Standard License (Maintenance Required)
  • CNRI-Python-GPL Compatible
  • Python-2.0.1 License

The board discusses the different suggestions from the License Committee and moves the following motions.

Motion: Reject Free Archive License 1.0

  • Motion: Carlo moves that the Board follows the recommendation of the License Committee and rejects the Free Archive License 1.0.
  • Second: McCoy seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Motion: Reject Open Source Copyleft License 1.0

  • Motion: Carlo moves that the Board follows the recommendation of the License Committee and rejects the Open Source Copyleft License 1.0.
  • Second: McCoy seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Motion: Reject Dolby ATMOS/Vision FOSS License 1.0

  • Motion: Carlo moves that the Board follows the recommendation of the License Committee and rejects the Dolby Atmos/Vision FOSS License 1.0.
  • Second: McCoy seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Motion: Reject Modified 0BSD Standard License (Maintenance Required)

  • Motion: Carlo moves that the Board follows the recommendation of the License Committee and rejects the Modified 0BSD Standard License (Maintenance Required).
  • Second: McCoy seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Discussion will continue in the License Committee regarding CNRI-Python-GPL Compatible and Python-2.0.1. A vote will happen later.

The board discusses measures to improve the efficiency of the License Committee, especially when a license submitter is not responsive to requests from the committee.

Motion: Delegate Authority to Reject Unresponsive License Submissions

  • Motion: Carlo moves that the Open Source Initiative Board of Directors authorize the License Committee to reject a license without Board approval when the submitter does not respond to requests for information or explain how they have responded to constructive feedback.
  • Second: Thierry seconds.
  • Result: All others approve.

Tracy adjourns the meeting at 09:09 a.m. Pacific Time US.