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Rising to answer the call: sound public policy for Open Source questions

I’m pleased to share the news that I've accepted the role of US Policy Director for the Open Source Initiative...

September 12, 2022 Post
White House Director of New Media speaks about Open Source

I'm participating at the O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington DC this week, and it is amazing to see the...

September 10, 2009 Post
The year of change for the Open Source Initiative

The year 2021 marked the beginning of new ways to allow the organization to achieve its mission. New structure, new...

June 16, 2022 Post
Truth In Labelling – Learning From “Organic”

When I wrote about Organic Software recently, I was largely eulogising the community dimension of open source software. But there's...

October 2, 2009 Post
Building A Scorecard

In my previous posts, I've drawn an analogy between open source software and organic food, hinting that in both cases...

October 8, 2009 Post
Data is the key to Open Source AI

Part of the Deep Dive: Data Governance Webinar Series Video transcript Speaker: Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director, Open Source Initiative (OSI)...

October 6, 2025 Page
Let’s Unlock Our Data

Today is Document Freedom Day. It is a day marked around the world for document liberation. It also highlights the...

March 31, 2010 Post
OSI Joins OpenForum Europe and the Open Knowledge Foundation to Officially Launch Open Technology Research Initiative

Together from Brussels, Open Source Initiative (OSI), OpenForum Europe (OFE), and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) announced the official launch...

January 30, 2026 Post
What Is Open Governance? Drafting a charter for an Open Source project

Building a healthy Open Source community is much more than just choosing an Open Source license for the project. It...

May 9, 2023 Post
Copycats and the Commons: Governing Open Data for Trustworthy AI

Part of the Deep Dive: Data Governance Webinar Series The proliferation of open data on Community-Contributed Platforms (CCPs) is often championed as...

October 7, 2025 Page
Open Source AI: Establishing a common ground

The current draft v. 0.0.3 of the Open Source AI Definition borrows wordings from the GNU Manifesto’s golden rule stating: ...

November 28, 2023 Post
Justin Colannino

Justin has more than a decade of experience as a lawyer representing clients at the intersection of Open Source software...

January 18, 2023 Board Member