Author: OSI Staff

  • Meet OSI’s new board member, Chair and Vice Chair

    Meet OSI’s new board member, Chair and Vice Chair

    The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is managed by a Board of Directors that is elected and appointed by OSI Individual members, Affiliate members, and by the board itself. We would like to welcome a new Director and a change of roles for Chair and Vice Chair.

  • How to talk to your boss about open source

    How to talk to your boss about open source

    In her presentation at POSI 2021, Deborah Bryant, OSI Board Director, recalled that she was first introduced to open source when she ran a commercial ISP earlier in her career.

  • Miro Kredit: Why we support the OSI

    Miro Kredit: Why we support the OSI

    This week, we’re pleased to spotlight another OSI sponsor, Miro Kredit, and learn why open source is important to their organization.

  • Red Hat: Moving from a proprietary to an open source culture

    Red Hat: Moving from a proprietary to an open source culture

    Joining and contributing to an open source community is a great way to use your skills in creative ways while getting exposure to interesting projects that will expand your skill set. This video shared one person’s experience transitioning from a proprietary environment to open source.

  • Open source legal awareness needs to grow

    Three things hit me from the results of the 2022 State of Open Source survey announced today.  First is the …

  • Lex Pan Law: Why we support the OSI

    Lex Pan Law: Why we support the OSI

    Lex Pan Law is a full-service technology and intellectual property law firm based in Portland, Oregon. With a deep background in patent law also provides specialized advice to engineering teams and engineering management about the complex intersection between technology and the law. Having a long-standing interest in the intersection of copyright law and technology, the…

  • Spotlight on Libre Space Foundation, OSI Associate Member

    OSI Associate Member Libre Space Foundation (LSF) is a non-profit foundation registered in Greece whose vision is “an Open and Accessible Outer Space for all.” Recently, on behalf of the OpenSatCom.org activity of the European Space Agency, they partnered with Inno3 to investigate open source development models in the satellite communications industry and share their…

  • Open@RIT: Helping Students Embrace the Power of Open Source

    Open@RIT: Helping Students Embrace the Power of Open Source

    Creative, exciting applications of open source software can be found worldwide, and who better to share the details of new …

  • ClearlyDefined is clearly making progress

    ClearlyDefined is a central, curated data store for Open Source Software licenses.

  • CodeSee: Why we support the OSI

    CodeSee: Why we support the OSI

    This month, we’re pleased to spotlight one of our sponsors, CodeSee, and learn why open source is important to their organization.