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An Appeal From The OSI President

I want to write to you a triumphant message about what a wonderful year it has been for open source...

December 27, 2019 Post
2024-08-16

Board members Justin Colannino Josh Berkus Carlo Piana Tracy Hinds  Gael Blondelle Pamela Chestek Thierry Carrez Anne-Marie Scott Sayeed Choudhury...

August 16, 2024 Meeting Minutes
Permissive and Copyleft Are Not Antonyms

Using the term “permissive” as an antonym to “copyleft” – or “restrictive” as its synonym – are unhelpful framing. Describe...

July 7, 2017 Post
Using Open Source Tools To Fight COVID-19

As we all adjust to living with the new realities that COVID-19 has brought, we are reminded how fragile our...

April 20, 2020 Post
The vital role of Open Source maintainers facing the Cyber Resilience Act

This year’s Maintainer Month feels different given what’s happening with the European Cyber Resilience Act. Their role is under more...

May 10, 2023 Post
(Holloway) Chew Kean Ho’s Story

Love using your Open Source and Source Available software? Well, it is May 2025 which is the Open Source Initiative’s...

May 20, 2025 Page
OSI Board Meeting Minutes, February 6th, 2008

Attendees (Quorum reached and meeting called to order 8:10am PST): (by phone) Ms. Danese Cooper, Secretary and Treasurer Mr. Michael...

March 20, 2008 Meeting Minutes
eCos License version 2.0

This file is part of eCos, the Embedded Configurable Operating System. Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,...

December 5, 2015 License
Dario Castañé

Hola! I’m Dario Castañé, a software engineer and lifelong Open Source enthusiast based in Catalonia. In my career I’ve worn...

May 27, 2025 Page
Your Chance To Change OSI

When I said recently that we still need the Open Source Initiative (OSI), it started a flood of comment. There's...

June 14, 2010 Post
A Journey toward defining Open Source AI: presentation at Open Source Summit Europe

A few weeks ago I attended Open Source Summit Europe 2024, an event organized by the Linux Foundation, that brought...

October 1, 2024 Post
SCO and the Three Stooges

As SCO's attack against Linux collapses, with Judge Dale Kimball's ruling on the Novell copyrights making it plainer than ever...

September 25, 2007 Post