Favorite The Open Source Initiative moved the website on a new platform, a baby step to improving the list of Approved Licenses. This is a weird announcement as weird was the journey that took us to this point. Let me explain how this is just a milestone for more changes

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Shared by voicesofopensource February 13, 2023

Favorite OSI to contribute to Digital Public Goods Alliance’s mission to address world’s most pressing economic challenges by furthering adoption of Open Source software BRUSSELS – February 4, 2023–Today, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) announced it has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) as a new member. The DPGA is part

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Shared by voicesofopensource February 4, 2023

Favorite In 2022, we’ve seen a visible acceleration of interest in open source from governments around the world. Partially, this is due to the recognition that the public sector relies on Open Source for innovation and other benefits. At the same time, the tech sector is under pressure to help

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 31, 2023

Favorite The European Commission’s proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) as drafted may harm Open Source, and perhaps all other non-industrial software. There were 131 responses to the proposed text that the Commission has sent to the Parliament, including one from the Open Source Initiative. Of those, 18 responses – representing

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 30, 2023

Favorite Some time ago the Open Source Initiative formed a working group to examine and improve the license review process. The stated purpose of the working group was to: Reevaluate the criteria for approving licenses, potentially setting different standards for licenses in use versus new licenses Reevaluate the process for considering

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 26, 2023

Favorite For the second year in a row, the Open Source Initiative and OpenLogic by Perforce collaborated to launch a global survey about the use of Open Source software in organizations. We drew hundreds of responses from all over the world, and once again, the results are illustrative of the Open

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 25, 2023

Favorite The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is an interesting and important proposal for a European law that aims to drive the safety and integrity of software of all kinds by extending the “CE” self-attestation mark to software. And it may harm Open Source. The proposal includes a requirement for self-certification

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 24, 2023

Favorite BigBlueButton is an Open Source virtual classroom started in 2007 by OSI sponsor, Blindside Networks. What differentiates… Click Here to View Original Source (opensource.org)

Favorite Apache Cassandra is getting ready for its 5.0 release in spring 2023, together with the Cassandra Summit. Register now. Click Here to View Original Source (opensource.org)

Favorite As I’m closing out my first full year as executive director of the Open Source Initiative, I’m amazed by what our small team has accomplished. I’m proud to end the year with a solid 20% growth in revenue from sponsors and an even more impressive increase of the total

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Shared by voicesofopensource December 21, 2022