2023 State of Open Source Report: key findings and analysis

Favorite I joined Javier Perez on a webinar reviewing the results of the 2023 State of Open Source survey, a collaborative effort between OpenLogic by Perforce and the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Open Source users from all eight global regions, working in 20+ industries in organizations of all sizes were anonymously

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Shared by voicesofopensource March 28, 2023

Results of 2023 elections of OSI board of directors

Favorite The polls just closed, the results are in. Congratulations to the returning directors Aeva Black, and Catharina Maracke, and the newly elected director Anne-Marie Scott. Anne-Marie Scott has been confirmed and joins as a director elected by the Affiliate organizations. She’ll take the seat that was occupied by Hong-Phuc

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Shared by voicesofopensource March 21, 2023

OSI to hold in person License Clinic workshop

Favorite OSI is pleased to announce our 2023 Open Source Initiative License Clinic, an in-person event to be held April 4th in Washington D.C. This one day workshop will cover advanced topics on open source software licenses of interest to the US federal government as well as emerging issues such

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Shared by voicesofopensource March 16, 2023

Meet the 2023 candidates for OSI’s board

Favorite The nominations for the Open Source Initiative board of elections just closed, March 6th. It’s time for voters to meet the candidates. The OSI board of directors will renew three of its seats with an open election process among its full individual members and affiliates. We will be holding

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Shared by voicesofopensource March 7, 2023

How OSI will renew its board of directors in 2023

Favorite In the next few weeks, the OSI board of directors will renew three of its seats with an open election process among its full individual members and affiliates. There will be two elections in March, running in parallel: The affiliate organizations will elect one director Individual members will elect two directors 2023

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Shared by voicesofopensource February 21, 2023

What’s next for OSI’s website

Favorite The Open Source Initiative moved the website on a new platform, a baby step to improving the list of Approved Licenses. This is a weird announcement as weird was the journey that took us to this point. Let me explain how this is just a milestone for more changes

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Shared by voicesofopensource February 13, 2023

Open Source Initiative joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

Favorite OSI to contribute to Digital Public Goods Alliance’s mission to address world’s most pressing economic challenges by furthering adoption of Open Source software BRUSSELS – February 4, 2023–Today, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) announced it has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) as a new member. The DPGA is part

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Shared by voicesofopensource February 4, 2023

The ultimate list of reactions to the Cyber Resilience Act

Favorite The European Commission’s proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) as drafted may harm Open Source, and perhaps all other non-industrial software. There were 131 responses to the proposed text that the Commission has sent to the Parliament, including one from the Open Source Initiative. Of those, 18 responses – representing

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Shared by voicesofopensource January 30, 2023