Favorite Dear OSI Community, I trust this message finds you well. It is with mixed emotions that I announce my decision to step down from my role as Chair of the Open Source Initiative (OSI). This transition has not been an easy one, but I believe it is the right

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Shared by voicesofopensource October 6, 2023

Favorite Over the 25 years of OSI operation, our understanding of what makes an Open Source license successful, and what things cause problems, has evolved considerably. Ideas that were interesting experiments in 2002 have been shown not to work, and provisions like patent grants have been shown to be necessary.

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Shared by voicesofopensource October 3, 2023

Favorite The Open Source Summit Europe is a conference organized by the Linux Foundation with the goal of bringing together Open Source developers, technologists and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems and gain knowledge. Last week, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) was present at this event, driving three

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 28, 2023

Favorite Earlier this month, we announced completion of the project to review the list of Approved Licenses. The Open Source community needs a resource to confidently and easily identify OSI-approved licenses, and now we have it. This approval registry offers a comprehensive and authoritative listing of all licenses so organizations

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 26, 2023

Favorite Open Source enthusiasts have grown to rely on unbiased, community-led content. Writers and editors of the project formerly known as Opensource.com are being invited to join OpenSource.net, a domain hosted by the Open Source Initiative. Bilbao, Spain – September 18, 2023 – Today, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 19, 2023

Favorite [SPONSOR OPINION] By Heather Meeker, OSS Capital Machine learning has been around for a long time. But in late 2022, recent advancements in deep learning and large language models started to change the game and come into the public eye. And people started thinking, “We love Open Source software,

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 14, 2023

Favorite The Open Source Definition isn’t directly applicable to AI systems, so global experts will gather to establish shared principles to protect the values of Open Source during this period of hyper growth in AI technology. SAN FRANCISCO – September 11, 2023 – Open Source Initiative (OSI), the non-profit corporation

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 11, 2023

Favorite A license-review project has been underway with the goal of creating a systematic and well-ordered database of all the licenses that have been submitted to OSI for approval since the time of the organization’s founding. Giulia Dellanoce was brought on as an intern to complete this Approval Registry project,

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 7, 2023

Favorite As the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is entering into the final legislative phase, it still has some needs arising from framing by the Commission or Parliament that result in breakage no matter how issues within its scope are “fixed”.  Here’s a short list to help the co-legislators understand

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 5, 2023

Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI) continues the work of exploring complexities surrounding the development and use of artificial intelligence in Deep Dive: AI – Defining Open Source AI, with the goal of collaboratively establishing a clear and defensible definition of “Open Source AI.” OSI is bringing together global experts

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Shared by voicesofopensource August 31, 2023