Favorite Pausing the 2026 Board Election Cycle to Improve How OSI Selects Directors and Hears the Community Over a decade ago, OSI introduced an experiment in non-profit governance: a public board election process. We wanted the board composition to be more representative of the broad community we serve, and this

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 28, 2026

Favorite Open Source software plays a central role in global innovation, research, and economic growth. That statement is familiar to anyone working in technology, but the scale of its impact is still startling. A 2024 Harvard-backed study estimates that the demand-side value of the Open Source ecosystem is approximately $8.8

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 26, 2026

Favorite At the Open Source Initiative (OSI), we track a wide range of Open Source conferences, including events that intersect with AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and policy. Around the world, conferences bring together maintainers, developers, contributors, policymakers, researchers, legal experts, and organizations working on shared digital infrastructure. Below is a chronological

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 22, 2026

Favorite Members Newsletter – January 2026 Dear OSI supporters, The New Year brings both reflection and a forward look to the months ahead for OSI.  I can’t say I subscribe to the practice of making new year resolutions, but I will say for me it’s a time of deepening resolve

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 14, 2026

Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is pleased to welcome the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) to the Open Policy Alliance. The Open Policy Alliance (OPA) was started in 2023 to bring together nonprofit Open Source community members to better understand and contribute to the changing landscape of public

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 8, 2026

Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI) serves as the premier resource for millions of visitors seeking essential information about OSI-Approved licenses. The enriched license pages go beyond basic descriptions, incorporating relevant metadata to provide deeper insights and better support for Open Source users, developers, and organizations. The most popular licenses

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Shared by voicesofopensource December 17, 2025

Favorite Members Newsletter – December 2025 Dear OSI supporters, As we reach the final weeks of the year, I find myself reflecting on a season that invites both gratitude and giving, two values that feel especially resonant for our community. Serving as Interim Executive Director these past months has only

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Shared by voicesofopensource December 12, 2025

Favorite Last week, I had the honor of delivering the opening keynote at the China Open Source Conference (COSCon’25) in Beijing, as Kaiyuanshe celebrated its 10th anniversary. Standing before a community that this year is witnessing a “Deepseek moment” driven by open innovation was both humbling and inspiring. The conference

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Shared by voicesofopensource December 10, 2025

Favorite This past month, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) participated in the Digital Public Goods Alliance’s fourth Annual Members Meeting (AMM) in Brasília, an energizing gathering hosted in partnership with the Government of Brazil. The event marked the first AMM held in South America and brought together more than a

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Shared by voicesofopensource December 6, 2025

Favorite Why Patents Licenses Matter: The Benefits of Explicitness Although most people think of Open Source licenses as primarily creatures of copyright law, patent considerations also come into play any time one is choosing to license software (or any other technology or content) under an Open Source license. One of

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Shared by voicesofopensource December 4, 2025