Global collaboration
Local education
Bringing non-profit organizations together
What
The Open Policy Alliance is designed to bring non-profit organizations together to participate in educating and informing US public policy decisions related to Open Source software, content, research, and education.
Responding to increased demand for public dialog and thoughtful stakeholder engagement in these adjacent and related “open domains”.
Why
New regulations in the software industry and adjacent areas such as AI and data are on the rise around the world.
Cyber Security, societal impact of AI, data and privacy are paramount issues for legislators globally. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic drove collaborative development to unprecedented levels and took Open Source software, open research, open content and data from mainstream to main stage.
Moving forward, developing these important public policies whilst not harming the ecosystem requires an understanding of how our ecosystem operates.
And ensuring stakeholders without historic benefit of representation in those discussions becomes paramount to that end.
Where
Open Source is a global, borderless activity. But public policies are developed locally.
The Open Policy Alliance will focus on education in the US while exchanging and sharing information with like-minded organizations globally to make any single investment in resources available for the broadest possible impact.
Who
The members of the Open Policy Alliance
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News from the policy team
Where to meet the team
PyCon US 2024
Meet the Open Source Initiative at PyCon! We’ll hold a workshop about Open Source AI from 11am-1pm on Friday the 17th. You can also meet us at booth #622. We’ll
Open Source AI Definition workshop at PyCon US
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) invites the Python community to participate in the global conversation to find the definition of Open Source AI. We’re hosting a 2-hour workshop at PyCon
CPDP 2024
Open Source AI Definition Town Hall – May 31
Join Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative to hear the latest news, and comment on the drafts of the Open Source AI Definition.