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OpenSummit: Open Source Software in—and for—Open Education

Submitted by masson on Wed, 2016-07-27 08:42

Openness has become the new standard for content and software across a variety of initiatives in higher education. The success of open source software on campuses, and the same ethos which fosters its development, is also found in open education, open educational resources, open access publishing, open analytics, open data, open science, and open humanities. These open initiatives have matured to challenge, even dominate, the global educational landscape.

Open Source and Crowdsourcing Are Not Synonyms

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 2016-06-23 13:54

OSI Board alumnus Simon Phipps recently provided some clarification to FastCo.Design around common misunderstandings related to "sourcing". We've seen more and more of these, although most often--like this example--innocent enough. However, these do provide great opportunities to remind the public about what open source actually is, and why it is so valuable.

SysArmy Joins OSI Affiliate Member Program

Submitted by administrator on Fri, 2016-06-10 07:35

New affiliate membership highlights diverse communities of interest supporting open source software beyond programmers.

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the steward of the Open Source Definition (or OSD), is announcing the affiliate membership of SysArmy. SysArmy, a community of system administrators and IT professionals from Argentina, was founded to provide, "support for those who give support."

Using Open Source Software, Powering Potential and the Raspberry Pi Foundation Bring Technology to Schools in Tanzania

Submitted by masson on Fri, 2016-05-27 09:21

Thanks to open source, Powering Potential and the Raspberry Pi Foundation are able to bring computers and a library of digital education content to rural schools in the East African nation of Tanzania.

Open Source Elections System: Update from City & County of San Francisco, California USA

Submitted by masson on Sat, 2016-04-30 18:28

The OSI has has voiced our support to recent efforts by the City and County of San Francisco's Department of Elections to develop an open source voting system. The following is an update provided to the OSI from Commissioner and Vice President of the Elections Commission, Chris Jerdonek.

A lot has happened this past month in the movement for San Francisco to develop and certify the country's first open source voting system!

OSI's Comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget Regarding the "Federal Source Code Policy"

Submitted by masson on Mon, 2016-04-18 11:14

Note: The following comments were submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget, regarding the "Federal Source Code Policy" on behalf of the OSI https://github.com/WhiteHouse/source-code-policy/issues/227

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Thoughts on Leaving the OSI Board

Submitted by tonyw on Fri, 2016-04-01 07:34

After six years (two terms), this week marks the end of my time on the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). While I plan to remain involved with open source issues and with the Board, the end of my service on the Board is a significant personal milestone, so I thought that I would briefly reflect on the past six years for open source, and especially the OSI.

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