OSI Adopts SPDX IDs for License URLs

Favorite For more than 25 years, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) website has been a central reference point for Open Source licenses. Over that time, our site has evolved through multiple redesigns, content management systems, and infrastructure migrations. As a result, license pages accumulated a variety of URL formats, including

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Shared by voicesofopensource March 10, 2026

Help Shape the Research Agenda for Open Technology

Favorite Open technologies such as Open Source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware play an increasingly important role in digital infrastructure, public sector innovation, and democratic governance around the world. Yet the research that informs policy and investment in these technologies is often fragmented and uneven. To address

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Shared by voicesofopensource March 9, 2026

OSI Joins OpenForum Europe and the Open Knowledge Foundation to Officially Launch Open Technology Research Initiative

Favorite Together from Brussels, Open Source Initiative (OSI), OpenForum Europe (OFE), and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) announced the official launch of Open Technology Research (OTR). The launch comes with the unveiling of a new website that details the activities of the initiative and how the community can expect to

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 30, 2026

2026 OSI Elections Update

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