State of the Source at ATO 2025: Licensing 201

Favorite In October, the OSI hosted the State of the Source Track at All Things Open designed to connect developers with the big policy conversations shaping our ecosystem. Pamela Chestek, emeritus OSI Board member, opened the track with Licensing 201, an advanced but practical look at how licenses get approved

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Shared by voicesofopensource October 31, 2025

The Open Source Community and U.S. Public Policy

Favorite When I joined the Open Source Initiative (OSI) in February, the organization had been engaging in global standards and European policy discussions for seven years and had been working in the U.S. policy space on a part-time basis for the last two and a half years. Led in the

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Shared by voicesofopensource October 30, 2025

Participate in the 2026 State of Open Source Survey

Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is once again partnering with Perforce OpenLogic & Zend, in collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation, for the 2026 State of Open Source Survey, the industry’s most comprehensive study of global Open Source adoption trends. Now in its fifth year, this annual survey captures how

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Shared by voicesofopensource October 22, 2025

Hacktoberfest and the OSI: Growing Open Source adoption

Favorite October is here, which means it’s time for Hacktoberfest, the annual celebration of Open Source contributions hosted by DigitalOcean and friends. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is proud to be once again a community partner of Hacktoberfest this year, helping to amplify participation and welcome new contributors to the

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Shared by voicesofopensource October 2, 2025

Keep changing: How Open Source has to continually evolve

Favorite When I became OSI’s first executive director in 2021, some people thought OSI’s work was done. The Open Source Definition had “won,” embraced even by organizations that once resisted it. Our list of OSI-approved licenses was stable. In their eyes, there was nothing left to do. I didn’t see

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Shared by voicesofopensource September 15, 2025