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OSI Board Reaches out to Washington D.C. Organizations week of May 6, 2013

Submitted by debbryant on Wed, 2013-02-27 20:15

The OSI board, which meets in person at least twice per annum, has selected Washington D.C. as the location for the Spring 2013 Board of Directors Meeting. The city serves as a central location for gathering the OSI's geographically diverse board membership. It is also considered a location of open source policy dialog and debate as well as high-profile implementations within US federal government operations.

OSI and OSHWA Sign Agreement

Submitted by webmink on Thu, 2012-10-04 10:16

Following discussions about the Open Source and Open Source Hardware logos, OSI and the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) have worked together to compose a co-existence agreement on behalf of their representative communities. We are pleased to announce that this document (PDF) has been approved and signed by both parties!

OSI Welcomes Five More Affiliates

Submitted by webmink on Thu, 2012-09-06 13:57

The OSI Board has approved Affiliate membership for the following organisations:

OSI Welcomes New Affiliates, Opens For Affiliate Applications

Submitted by webmink on Mon, 2012-06-18 05:49

The OSI Board is very pleased to announce that five significant organisations have applied for and been granted Affiliate Membership of the Open Source Initiative, including the first User Group.

OSI Board Elects New Officers

Submitted by LuisVilla on Sun, 2012-05-20 23:56

With President Michael Tiemann's recent retirement from the board and the appointment of new board members, it was time for the OSI Board to choose officers for a new, one year term.

OSI Welcomes Debian and CENATIC

Submitted by webmink on Fri, 2012-03-30 04:44

OSI is very pleased to welcome two important new members to the Affiliate scheme for community groups. They are CENATIC and Debian.

OSI's new Board

Submitted by webmink on Mon, 2012-03-19 12:05

Last Friday the OSI Board held a special meeting to fill vacancies that had arisen by the departure of three directors - Mike Godwin, Andrew Oliver and Michael Tiemann. Michael Tiemann left the Board after serving as OSI President for many years and leaves a large gap which the board will only fill thoughtfully; as a consequence, Martin Michlmayr, currently OSI Secretary, was temporarily appointed Acting President and the election of a full new President scheduled for a later meeting of the new Board. The Board warmly thanks all three for the contribution they have made to OSI.

OSI Announces New Initiatives

Submitted by webmink on Mon, 2012-02-06 07:25

OSI is changing, and you can help! I spoke at FOSDEM in Brussels on Saturday, on behalf of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) where I serve as a director. My noon keynote covered a little of the rationale behind OSI and a quick synopsis of its last decade from my own perspective and then announcements on OSI's behalf about the work we’re doing to make OSI strong and relevant for a new decade.

OSI Opposes SOPA and PIPA

Submitted by webmink on Wed, 2012-01-18 10:58

The Open Source Initiative Board joined many other civil society organizations as co-signatories of an open letter expressing concern about SOPA and PIPA.

Mozilla Releases OSI-Approved MPLv2

Submitted by webmink on Mon, 2012-01-09 10:13

Last week saw a quiet landmark in the history of the open source movement with the formal release of version two of the Mozilla Public License (MPLv2) and its approval as an official open source license. While to many it may look like just another legal detail, it is significant both for the way it was conducted and for the intent with which it has been created. This is a license aimed at unity.

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