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OSI Joins UNESCO to Grow Open Source Community

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 2018-02-14 05:36

Participate in the #OpenTechNights Program today and Win a Free Stay during the FOSSASIA Summit 2018 from the Open Source Initiative and UNESCO

Why I want you to run for the OSI Board

Submitted by Molly de Blanc on Thu, 2018-02-08 17:28

The Open Source Initiative board is homogeneous, stratified across generations.

We fit across three (tech) generations of contributors to free and open source software–those who were involved in the early days of free software; those who found places in the community after open source had been established; and the group paultag humorously dubbed the GNU generation–none of us have lived in a world without the explicit concept of user freedom.

Happy Anniversary—The Next 20 Years of Open Source Begins

Submitted by webmink on Sat, 2018-02-03 05:53

Open Source Software—yes, we did coin the term (thanks Christine Peterson) and started the movement—is software that can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone.

"Anyone and Everyone," Leslie Hawthorn Reflects on 20 Years of Open Source.

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 2018-01-25 06:29

I believe there are two big challenge currently facing open source communities: cultivating empathy and sustaining maintainers.

Open Source Initiative Announces New Partnership With Adblock Plus

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 2018-01-16 09:03

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Jan. 16, 2018 -- Adblock Plus, the most popular Internet ad blocker today, joins The Open Source Initiative® (OSI) as corporate sponsors. Since its very first version, Adblock Plus has been an open source project that has developed into a successful business with over 100 million users worldwide. As such, the German company behind it, eyeo GmbH, has decided it is time to give back to the open source community.

Twenty Years and Counting

Submitted by administrator on Fri, 2017-12-22 06:14

The third decade of open source software starts in February 2018. How did it rise to dominance, and what’s next?

20 years ago, in February 1998, the term “open source” was first applied to software, Soon afterwards, the Open Source Definition was created and the seeds that became the Open Source Initiative (OSI) were sown. As the OSD’s author Bruce Perens relates,

Open Yet Closed

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 2017-11-14 08:12

In these days of code that no single mind can grasp, it's hard to see how software freedom is present when there's no realistic community access to source code.

Open Source Initiative Announces DigitalOcean Corporate Sponsorship

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 2017-11-07 17:45

Cloud services platform will provide both financial and in-kind contributions to support OSI infrastructure and new collaboration platform.

Ensuring Openness Through and In Open Source Licensing

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 2017-10-30 15:25

It simply may not be clear to those encountering open source for the first time the scope of the Open Source Definition, or the standards expected by the international open source community, when OSI approved licenses are applied. We're here to help clear things up.

Open Source Initiative, and Open Source Software Movement Celebrate Twenty Years

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 2017-10-23 11:42

The Open Source Initiative will celebrate its 20th Anniversary in 2018. In the true open source spirit, the organization will invite everyone in the open source community to participate.

Raleigh, NC Oct. 23, 2018 — All Things Open Conference — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the global non-profit dedicated to raising awareness and adoption of open source software, announced today plans for the “Open Source 20th Anniversary World Tour” to run through 2018.

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