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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
Why OSI License Approval Matters

Individual judgment about the presence of software freedom in a license is not the same as community consensus expressed through...

July 14, 2017 Post
Assume Good Faith

You feel slighted by a comment on a mailing list, or a forum post has failed to be moderated live....

July 21, 2017 Post
Public Domain Is Not Open Source

Open Source and Public Domain are frequently confused. Here’s why it’s a mistake to treat the two terms as synonyms....

July 28, 2017 Post
Give Generously! Seven Ways To Help Open Source

Should you donate money to the open source projects you use? Or is there a better way to help? Your...

August 5, 2017 Post
7 Rules For Engaging Communities On Legal Matters

  Having watched a fair number of people attempting to engage both the Open Source Initiative’s licensing evaluation community and...

August 11, 2017 Post
Charting a Course for 2020 and Beyond

This is an interesting time for open source. An approach to intellectual property that was once seen as radical is...

June 1, 2020 Post
Former CIA Dir. Woolsey joins OSI member NAVO in movement to open source elections

Former CIA Director and U.S. Ambassador James Woolsey recently issued a New York Times op/ed piece with open source stalwart,...

August 15, 2017 Post