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SF Open Source Voting – September 2017 Update / Newsletter

This update has an important and urgent call to action to help defend elections in California. Stop AB 840, the...

September 10, 2017 Post
Deep Dive: Data Governance brings world-class experts together

The schedule for the Deep Dive: Data Governance virtual conference is now live. Taking place October 1–3, 2025 this premier...

August 28, 2025 Post
User beware: Modified AGPLv3 removes freedoms, adds legal headaches

In a prior post, we reported on a decision from a U.S. district court holding that it was false advertising...

April 7, 2022 Post
Open Source in 2019

21 years in, the landscape around open source evolved a lot. But is, "open source" enough? According to Thierry Carrez,...

July 30, 2019 Post
OSI Board Meeting Minutes, March 9, 2007

Day One 2007 Face to Face Meeting OSI Board at Sun Microsystems Office, San Francisco. Venue provided courtesy of Mr....

April 2, 2008 Meeting Minutes
Episode 4: transcript

“DGW: Some people just want to download the software and make porn with it. And if they don't know how...

September 6, 2022 Post
Reimagining data for Open Source AI: A call to action

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world at a remarkable pace, with Open Source AI playing a pivotal role in...

January 23, 2025 Post
Darshan Sen

Hi, I’m Darshan Sen, an award-winning Governance Member of high-profile Open Source projects such as Node.js and Electron. If you...

May 20, 2025 Page
Open Source Initiative Hosts 2nd Deep Dive AI Event, Aims to Define ‘Open Source’ for AI

The Open Source Definition isn’t directly applicable to AI systems, so global experts will gather to establish shared principles to...

September 11, 2023 Post
What OSI Affiliates Are Doing For Open Source.

The Open Source Initiative has seventy affiliate members. They represent a broad swath of the open source community, representing educational...

October 29, 2019 Post
Open Education and the Shared Roots of Openness

Members Newsletter – March 2026 Dear OSI supporters, Every March, Open Education Week invites us to reflect on something that...

March 11, 2026 Post
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