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February 2019 License-Review Summary

In February, the License-Review mailing list discussed: * Convertible Free Software License (C-FSL) * Twente License * Server Side Public...

March 4, 2019 Post
Alejandra Gonzalez: Chronicles from a maintainer, handling people and making great software in the process

I’m Alejandra, one of the people that maintains Clippy, Rust’s official linter. And for this Maintainer Month of May I’ve...

May 20, 2025 Page
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
Harness releases open version of continuous delivery product with access to source code

June 2, 2023 Press mentions
The Open Source Definition

Introduction Open source doesn't just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply...

July 7, 2006 Page
Three takeaways from Data + AI Summit

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the Data + AI Summit in San Francisco. It was...

July 20, 2023 Post
OSI Board Meeting Minutes, Friday, September 20, 2019

Minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative held via Jitsi conferencing on Friday...

December 4, 2019 Meeting Minutes
Ensuring Open Source AI thrives under the EU’s new AI rules

In 2024, the European Union approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first legal framework for AI. Part of the...

March 27, 2025 Post
New Code of Conduct

Since there has been some confusion as of late, I've posted an updated Code of Conduct. Hopefully this (along with...

November 19, 2007 Post
Not a coder? Want to contribute to open source?

Are you not a coder? Or are your coding skills rusty, having moved on? No matter! You can still contribute...

April 1, 2009 Post
GNU Lesser General Public License version 3

GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/> Everyone is...

October 23, 2007 License
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