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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Shared by voicesofopensource November 20, 2024
Favorite BRUSSELS and WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – 14 November 2024 – The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source foundations, and the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the global non-profit educating about and advocating for the benefits of open source and steward of the Open Source Definition, have signed
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Shared by voicesofopensource November 14, 2024
Favorite One of the major focuses of the ClearlyDefined Technical Roadmap is the improvement in the quality of license data. As such, we are excited to announce the release of ClearlyDefined v2.0 which adds over 2,000 new well-known licenses it can identify. You can see the complete list of new non-SPDX licenses in ScanCode LicenseDB.
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Shared by voicesofopensource November 12, 2024
Favorite This past month, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) hosted SOSS Fusion in Atlanta, an event that brought together a diverse community of leaders and innovators from across the digital security spectrum. The conference, held on October 22-23, explored themes central to today’s technological landscape: AI security, diversity in
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Shared by voicesofopensource November 6, 2024
Favorite RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 28, 2024 — ALL THINGS OPEN 2024 — After a year-long, global, community design process, the Open Source Definition (OSAID) v.1.0 is available for public use. The release of version 1.0 was announced today at All Things Open 2024, an industry conference focused on common issues of interest to the
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Shared by voicesofopensource October 28, 2024
Favorite We are excited to announce the newly elected leaders for the ClearlyDefined Steering and Outreach Committees! What is ClearlyDefined? ClearlyDefined is an Open Source project dedicated to improving the clarity and transparency of Open Source licensing and security data. By harvesting, curating, and sharing essential metadata, ClearlyDefined helps developers
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Shared by voicesofopensource October 16, 2024
Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is running a blog series to introduce some of the people who have been actively involved in the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) co-design process. The co-design methodology allows for the integration of diverging perspectives into one just, cohesive and feasible standard. Support and
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Shared by voicesofopensource October 10, 2024
Favorite As businesses rely more heavily on Open Source software (OSS), the strain on maintainers to provide timely updates and security patches continues to grow – often without fair compensation for their crucial work. Recent high-profile security incidents like XZ and Log4Shell have put a spotlight on the security challenges
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Shared by voicesofopensource October 8, 2024
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