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October 2019 License-Discuss Summary

We would like to introduce (and thank!) Amol Meshram, who has joined us here at the OSI to provide monthly...

December 2, 2019 Post
Time To Rebut The IIPA’s FUD Against Open Source

A recent blog posting at The Guardian about the US "Special 301" rules has generated deep concern around the global...

February 28, 2010 Post
Meta’s LLaMa license is still not Open Source

A year ago we called on Meta to stop calling Llama 2  “Open Source.” Since then, Meta has released new...

February 18, 2025 Post
The Open Source Initiative Announces the Release of the Industry’s First Open Source AI Definition

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 28, 2024 -- ALL THINGS OPEN 2024 -- After a year-long, global, community design process, the Open Source Definition...

October 28, 2024 Post
Design and the Bottom Line

The Impact of Design on Stock Market Performance dates back to 2004, but the kernel of truth it reveals could...

July 24, 2007 Post
OSI extends support to OW2 as Associate Organization.

OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms, and the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the global...

July 3, 2017 Post
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
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
TCS Wide Area Network Emulator becomes open source

In 2005 I visited India for the first time. It was a whirlwind tour and one of the most eye-opening...

August 21, 2007 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
January 2020 License-Review Summary

License-Review mailing list topics for January 2020: Continued discussion on the Mulan PSL V2 Continued discussion on the Cryptographic Autonomy...

May 15, 2020 Post
October 14, 2015 Board Meeting Minutes

QuorumQuorum reached and meeting called to order at 15:12 UTCAttendeesBoard MembersDeb BryantRichard Fontana (arrived 15:34UTC)Leslie HawthornPatrick MassonMike MilinkovichSimon PhippsAllison RandalStefano...

December 9, 2015 Meeting Minutes