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How to get involved with OSI

OSI supports a number of mailing lists; some are integral to its operation, and some are related to its mission....

July 24, 2006 Page
Court affirms it’s false advertising to claim software is Open Source when it’s not

Stop saying Open Source when it's not. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a lower...

March 17, 2022 Post
Open Source — Can It Innovate?

There's an argument commonly heard these days that open-source software is all very well for infrastructure or commodity software where...

November 10, 2008 Post
Affirmation of the Open Source Definition

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Feb. 5, 2019 -- In 1799 the kilogram was defined as the mass of a litre...

February 5, 2019 Post
The License Proliferation Project

Early in the history of the Open Source movement, there were a small number of projects covered by the small...

July 24, 2006 Page
Run-off Election Results

After a tie in the 2019 OSI Board of Directors election between Christine Hall, and Mariatta Wijaya, a run-off election...

March 25, 2019 Post
The AI renaissance and why open innovation matters

In our previous article, we highlighted various advancements that have been made by the Open Source community around LLMs in...

July 26, 2023 Post
Join upcoming hackathon “Get plugged into education!” with Moodle

Open source technologies play an important role in education, especially when it comes to e-learning. One open source Learning Management...

May 12, 2022 Post
Announcement: Major Restructuring of OSI Mailing Lists

Dear OSI Community, As part of our ongoing effort to improve transparency and encourage participation, the Open Source Initiative is...

December 12, 2007 Post
The Microsoft FUD letter to Peru

Microsoft's "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt" (F.U.D.) letter to Peru concerning free and open source software. The entirity of the Microsoft...

July 17, 2009 Page
Welcome new directors

The 2022 election is over and the OSI has three new Directors Carlo Piana, Josh Berkus and Amanda Brock and...

April 12, 2022 Post
A split FTC sides with standards over patents

Andy Updegrove posts yet another insightful analysis on the evolution of standards in the modern technology. He reports that the...

January 25, 2008 Post