Category: Archived posts by the Board

  • Launch of the State of Open Source Survey

    OpenLogic by Perforce and the Open Source Initative (OSI) are collaborating on a new survey…

  • Take action to protect Open Source today

    If you care for Open Source, you must protect it and here is your chance…

  • Updates from OSI Affiliate members (Sept. 2021)

    Below are updates, news and event information from some of our Affiliate Members. OpenProject Free and…

  • Open Source Initiative Announces New Partnership with Software Liberty Association Taiwan

    The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), the global organization working to promote and protect open source, is excited to announce the Affiliate Membership of the Software Liberty Association Taiwan (SLAT). Founded in 2001, SLAT is Taiwan’s first legal entity dedicated to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), supporting both the development and user communities. As an active community of advocates and technologists, SLAT both drives initiatives, and partners with existing projects, to promote FOSS, including the Open Source Software Application Consulting Center—a program fostering FOSS in Taiwan’s schools.

  • Twenty Years and Counting

    The third decade of open source software starts in February 2018. How did it rise…

  • Where in the World is the OSI?

    If you’re out and about at conferences this month, we hope that you’ll have a…

  • OSI Mourns Co-Founder Ian Murdock

    The OSI Board is very sad to note the death of Ian Murdock. As well…

  • Handing On The Baton

    I joined in with the Open Source Initiative in 2008, was elected to its Board…

  • Why I am a Member of the Open Source Initiative

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  • November 2014 OSI Newsletter

    OSI Newsletter: November 2014   November 2014 OSI Newsletter