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CAVO Continues to Advance Open Source for Democracy

OSI Affiliate Member, the California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO), has shared some exciting news regarding their advocacy work in...

February 28, 2017 Post
McCoy Smith

About I am a long-time USA attorney involved in open source in many ways. I have been an active poster...

February 28, 2025 Board Member
Open Yet Closed

In these days of code that no single mind can grasp, it's hard to see how software freedom is present...

November 14, 2017 Post
Crowdsourcing FOSS Project Success: Clearly defined project data, a smooth path to widespread adoption.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - March 6, 2018 -- Today the Open Source Initiative® (OSI) announced its Incubator Project, ClearlyDefined, a...

March 6, 2018 Post
GNU Affero GPL version 3 and the “ASP loophole”

A few months ago I posted my initial impressions for a draft version of the GPLv3 license, and I am...

June 7, 2007 Post
2025-06-20

Board members: Justin Colannino,  Carlo Piana, Tracy Hinds,  Anne-Marie Scott, Chris Aniszczyk, Catharina Maracke, Josh Berkus, McCoy Smith, Guests: Stefano...

June 20, 2025 Meeting Minutes
Open Source Principles Give the Workplace Soul

As part of the 20th anniversary of open source software and the Open Source Initiative , the OSI is reaching...

May 29, 2018 Post
Digital activists and open movement leaders share their perspective with Open Future in new research report, “Shifting tides: the open movement at a turning point”

Open Future conducted a study to gain a better understanding of the current state of the open movement, as seen...

June 22, 2023 Post
Tom Callaway rants about licensing…justifiably so!

Tom Callaway is the Fedora Engineering Manager, at Red Hat, and he's one of the key people keeping watch over...

December 22, 2008 Post
The Ideology of FOSS and AI: What “Open” means relating to platforms and black box systems

Part of the Deep Dive: AI Webinar Series The initial conception of Free and Open Source Software was developed during...

October 14, 2023 Page
Open Database License

If you think open data is as important as open source, then please take a look at a release candidate...

May 7, 2009 Post
Perspectives on Open Source Regulation in the upcoming EU AI Act

Part of the Deep Dive: AI Webinar Series This presentation will delve into the legal perspectives surrounding the upcoming EU...

October 14, 2023 Page