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Favorite The Open Source Initiative (OSI), Apereo Foundation, FreeBSD Foundation, and Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) issued the following statement on age attestation requirements for operating systems. Statement_Age_AttestationDownload Click Here to View Original Source (opensource.org)
Favorite Last week, the OSI submitted its feedback to the Open Digital Ecosystems strategy, which comes at a time when both Open Source communities and the European Union face unprecedented challenges. We highlighted the benefits of Open Source for Europe, and how to leverage them in a way that strengthens
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Shared by voicesofopensource February 10, 2026
Favorite Every year, FOSDEM – the Free and Open Source Developers’ European Meeting – turns Brussels into a global meeting point for the Free and Open Source software community. In 2026, that energy extended well beyond the university halls, as policymakers, foundations, developers, and civil society gathered to confront a
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Favorite Open Source software plays a central role in global innovation, research, and economic growth. That statement is familiar to anyone working in technology, but the scale of its impact is still startling. A 2024 Harvard-backed study estimates that the demand-side value of the Open Source ecosystem is approximately $8.8
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Favorite The OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025 organized by OpenForum Europe (OFE) brought together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and open technology leaders for two days of deep inquiry into how open technologies shape our economies, infrastructures, and societies. Hosted at FGV Law School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this year’s theme “Open
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Favorite November 13, 2025 Dear President Macron,Dear Chancellor Merz,Dear President von der Leyen, Europe is at a crossroads. The Summit on European Digital Sovereignty marks an important milestone for the EU and its member states in aligning on a shared strategy for achieving real and lasting European digital sovereignty. As
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Favorite As the deadline for the application of the CRA draws closer, thanks to the efforts of the OSI and other organisations, for the first time, the Open Source community will have the opportunity to directly participate in the standardisation process, shaping the standards that will apply to many crucial
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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. Katie Steen-James and Nick Vidal participated in a fireside chat (Policy: AI / Data Governance) to discuss the latest AI and data
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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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Favorite On 16–17 September 2025, leaders from across the Open Source ecosystem gathered in Brussels for the third annual Open Source Congress (OSC), followed by the companion Stakeholder Day. This convening continues a journey that began in Geneva in 2023 (hosted by the Linux Foundation) and Beijing in 2024 (hosted
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