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April 2019 License-Review Summary

In April, the License-Review mailing list saw extensive debate on the Cryptographic Autonomy License, in particular: * its user data...

May 6, 2019 Post
Open Source Case for Business:Advocacy

Open Source Case for Business Supportive Documents: Ernie Ball (guitar string manufacturer) switches to open source and saves $80,000. Open...

March 31, 2007 Page
How the election of Individual director works

Eligibility Eligible candidates are all OSI individual members whose full membership was current (started or renewed and paid) no later...

January 27, 2022 Page
Do We Need To Stifle Creativity of OSS Developers?

I first met Pierre Fricke in late 1998 or early 1999 when he was working for IBM. He was one...

July 19, 2007 Post
OSI Board Evolution

I spent last week in New York at the annual new-inductees face-to-face Board meeting of the Open Source Initiative Board...

May 14, 2019 Post
2018 Open Source Initiative Annual Report

Welcome to the Open Source Initiative’s 2018 annual report. In this year's report you’ll learn about the organization’s activities from...

May 24, 2019 Post
Members Newsletter – June 2024

In our efforts to establish a stable Open Source AI Definition, one of the most challenging aspects has been data...

June 30, 2024 Post
Members Newsletter – July 2024

Doing business for and with Open Source can be a challenging endeavor, yet the market value of Open Source software...

July 17, 2024 Post
US Gov’t Releases Draft Open Source Policy for Public Comment

The US Federal Government is one of the world's largest buyers of software, much of which is custom developed by...

March 11, 2016 Post
Alexander Todorov

My name is Alex, a software quality engineer and fellow open source contributor from Bulgaria. At present I am a...

May 20, 2025 Page
Hello, World!

Greetings from Brussels, where EuroOSCON 2006 is in progress. Top of my OSI agenda is getting the new website launched....

September 20, 2006 Post
May 2019 License-Review Summary

In May, the License-Review mailing list saw extensive debate on the Cryptographic Autonomy License. The list also discussed a BSD...

June 3, 2019 Post