2019 OSI Board Election Results
Submitted by administrator on Sun, 2019-03-17 08:55
OSI elections seat two returning directors, three new directors, with the last seat to be determined through a run-off election.
OSI elections seat two returning directors, three new directors, with the last seat to be determined through a run-off election.
Palo Alto, CA - March 14, 2019 – The Software Freedom Conservancy joins long list of Open Source Initiative Affiliate Members
The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the founding organization of the open source software movement, is excited to announce the Affiliate Membership of the Software Freedom Conservancy. "Conservancy", a public charity, works to promote, improve, develop, and defend free and open source projects. Conservancy provides a home and infrastructure for projects such as Git, Godot Engine, Inkscape, Outreachy, Samba, and many more. Conservancy's support allows free and open source software developers to focus on what they do best—writing and improving code for the general public—while Conservancy takes care of the projects' needs that do not relate directly to software development and documentation.
In February, the License-Review mailing list discussed:
In February, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed how to keep the mailing lists civil and to what degree the business model of a license submitter should be relevant.
Apereo was founded around a mission to support educational institutions “…collaborate to foster, develop, and sustain open technologies and innovation to support learning, teaching, and research". Open source software is at the heart of what Apereo is and does. Why do we believe open source is so important for education?
Open Source Initiative and Affiliate Members pledge to guard and maintain the Open Source Definition, and recognize the Open Source Initiative as the steward of the Open Source Definition.
In January, the License-Review mailing list discussed:
In January, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed:
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is managed by a member-elected Board of Directors that is the ultimate authority responsible for the organization. The Board's responsibilities include oversight of the organization, including its operations, staff and budget; setting strategic direction and defining goals in line with the mission, and; serving the community through committees and working groups. The eleven person Board is composed of Directors elected by OSI Individual Members (5) and Affiliate Members (5). The General Manager of the OSI also serves on the Board as a Director (ex officio). The results of elections for both Individual and Affiliate Member Board seats are advisory with the OSI Board making the formal appointments to open seats based on the community's votes.
I've been asked to provide monthly summaries of the license-review and license-discuss mailing lists. The summaries will also be posted on their respective lists, though this blog version includes detailed links into the list archives. Any feedback is welcome, though replies on the content should of course be made to the original threads.
This month's topics:
