Favorite As AI continues to transform industries globally, ensuring openness and inclusivity in its development has become a critical mission. Initiatives like OSI’s recent Open Source AI Definition and broader discussions on Open Source legal and policy frameworks at events like FOSDEM underscore this growing importance. In East Asia, grassroots
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Shared by voicesofopensource December 25, 2024
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 23, 2024
Favorite As 2024 draws to a close, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) reflects on an eventful year marked by significant achievements in advocating for Open Source principles in policy and standards development worldwide. Below, we highlight key milestones, initiatives and ongoing work from the year. Global engagements Columbia Convening on
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Shared by voicesofopensource December 19, 2024
Favorite The release of version 1.0 of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) marks an important milestone on a journey to ensure that AI systems are innovative and aligned with the foundational principles of Open Source: the freedoms to use, study, modify and share. Drafting a definition through collaboration The
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Shared by voicesofopensource December 17, 2024
Favorite OpenSource.net, a platform designed to foster knowledge sharing, was launched in September 2023. Led by Editor-in-Chief Nicole Martinelli, this platform has become a space for diverse perspectives and contributions. Here are some of the top articles published at OpenSource.net in 2024: Business with Open Source Open Source projects vs
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Favorite As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on a transformative year for the ClearlyDefined project. From technical advancements to community growth, this year has been nothing short of extraordinary. Here’s a recap of our key milestones and how we’ve continued to bring clarity to the Open
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Shared by voicesofopensource December 11, 2024
Favorite Today, we’re excited to announce a new capability that allows you to deploy over 100 open-weight and proprietary models from Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and register them with Amazon Bedrock, allowing you to seamlessly access them through the powerful Amazon Bedrock APIs. You can now use Amazon Bedrock features such
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Shared by AWS Machine Learning December 5, 2024
Favorite The Open Source community underpins much of today’s software innovation, but with this power comes responsibility. Security vulnerabilities, unclear licensing, and a lack of transparency in software components pose significant risks to software supply chains. Recognizing this challenge, GitHub recently announced the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund—a transformative initiative
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Shared by voicesofopensource December 3, 2024
Favorite Reaching the five-year mark at the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has been a huge privilege. It’s been a whirlwind of progress, personal growth, and community engagement—filled with highs, great challenges, and plenty of Open Source celebrations. As I reflect on this milestone, it’s impossible not to feel both gratitude
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Shared by voicesofopensource November 27, 2024
Favorite As we announced back in September, the OSI has partnered again with OpenLogic by Perforce to produce a comprehensive report on global, industry-wide Open Source software adoption trends. The 2025 State of Open Source Report will be based on responses to a survey of those working with Open Source
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