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The Mythical Economic Model of Open Source

It has become fashionable today to study open source through the lens of economic benefits to developers and sometimes draw...

August 15, 2019 Post
OSI Board Meeting Minutes, Fall 2019 Face-to-Face

Meeting called to order (quorum): November 12, 2019, 9:20 a.m. CET Zalando Offices Tamara-Danz-Straße 1, 10243 Berlin, Germany Attendees Board...

April 10, 2020 Meeting Minutes
The OSI Categorically Rejects IIPA’s special pleadings against Open Source

Introduction Moore's Law, Disk Law, and Fiber Law have created an economic engine for growth, promising exponentially improving computing, storage,...

March 5, 2010 Post
November 2014 OSI Newsletter

OSI Newsletter: November 2014   November 2014 OSI Newsletter

December 7, 2014 Post
7 Things You Should Know About… Open Source Projects in Education

EDUCAUSE's 7 Things You Should Know About ...™ is a series of publications that address a diverse range of professional...

September 20, 2017 Post
“Anyone and Everyone,” Leslie Hawthorn Reflects on 20 Years of Open Source.

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

January 25, 2018 Post
OSI Spring 2020 Newsletter

Welcome to the Open Source Initiative's quarterly newsletter. We hope the information shared in each edition provides you with interesting...

July 1, 2020 Post
ClearlyDefined at SOSS Fusion 2024: a collaborative solution to Open Source license compliance

This past month, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) hosted SOSS Fusion in Atlanta, an event that brought together a...

November 6, 2024 Post
The License Review working group asks for community input on its recommendations

Some time ago the Open Source Initiative formed a working group to examine and improve the license review process. The stated...

January 26, 2023 Post
Happy Anniversary—The Next 20 Years of Open Source Begins

  Open Source Software—yes, we did coin the term (thanks Christine Peterson) and started the movement—is software that can be...

February 3, 2018 Post
State of the Source at ATO 2025: Sustaining the Open Source Ecosystem

In October, the OSI hosted the State of the Source Track at All Things Open designed to connect developers with...

November 3, 2025 Post
February 2019 License-Discuss Summary

In February, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed how to keep the mailing lists civil and to what degree the business...

March 4, 2019 Post