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Frequently Answered Questions

Here are answers to questions we are frequently asked. If you have a question not addressed here, please contact us. Basics...

October 21, 2007 Page
2026-02-20

2026-02-20 Board Meeting Draft minutes Board members: Gael Blondelle, Tracy Hinds, McCoy Smith, Ruth Suehle, Carlo Piana, Chris Aniszczyk Guests:...

March 23, 2026 Meeting Minutes
A Season of Change at OSI

Members Newsletter – October 2025 Dear Open Source Initiative supporters, Welcome to our OSI October newsletter.  In this edition we’ll...

October 8, 2025 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
7 Things You Should Know About… Open Source Projects in Education

EDUCAUSE's 7 Things You Should Know About ...™ is a series of publications that address a diverse range of professional...

September 20, 2017 Post
Karl Horky: From Papercuts to Standards

Hi, I’m Karl Horky (GitHub, LinkedIn), Technical Founder at UpLeveled - tech education programs for all skill levels. In an...

May 20, 2025 Page
OSI Board Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Quorum Quorum reached and meeting called to order at 15:06 UTC. Attendees Board Members Deborah Bryant, Director Karl Fogel, Treasurer...

July 18, 2013 Meeting Minutes
Open Source is taking new turns in Africa.

Open Source in Africa is taking a different turn. It is going policy. We have done the "raising dust" or...

July 7, 2008 Post
OSI Expands to China with KAIYUANSHE Joining as Latest Affiliate Member

Shared mission of raising awareness and adoption through community building extends international development, collaboration and advocacy for open source software....

January 10, 2016 Post
Public Advocacy for Open Source Software–Preferences and Requirements

Copied the inbound channel / mailing list to the OSI board: On 9/28/07, Luis Ibanez wrote: OSI Board: As developers...

September 28, 2007 Post
OSI Board Meeting Minutes, Monday, January 9, 2012

Quorum Quorum reached and meeting called to order at 16:04 UTC. Attendees Board Members Mr. Michael Tiemann, President Mr. Harshad...

February 10, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Protestware explained: Everything you need to know

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