Voices of Open Source

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  • February 2020 License-Discuss Summary

    In February, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed the OSD and compulsory user reporting, the delisting of licenses, the MIT-Clone and conern on the copyright notice, GDPR/CCPA and the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), the CERN Open Hardware License 2.0, Ethical Open Source Licensing – Persona non Grata Preamble, Fairness vs Mission Objectives of the OSI, ethical open source licensing…

  • License Review Process Update

    We’d like to update you on some work we have underway on improving the OSI’s work on reviewing open source …

  • OASIS Open Joins Open Source Initiative

    Shared vision and combined resources extend both organizations’ ability to advance open source through standards. PALO ALTO, Calif., June 30, 2020 — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the internationally recognized steward of the Open Source Definition and open source licenses, is excited to announce the Affiliate Membership of OASIS Open, a global nonprofit consortium managing…

  • Celebrating GNOME’s Patent Settlement

    The Open Source Initiative would like to congratulate the GNOME Foundation on its recent settlement of the patent lawsuit alleging …

  • State of the Source Summit

    A World-wide Open Source Summit: Build your local community, while engaging the global community. The State of the Source Summit invites open source communities of practice from around the world to organize and contribute to a global conversation on the current state of open source software: non-technical issues that foster development and community, the licenses…

  • OpenJS Foundation Joins Open Source Initiative as Newest Affiliate Member

    Membership emphasizes growing outreach and engagement with broader software and technology communities. PALO ALTO, Calif., June 9, 2020 — The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the international authority in open source licensing, is excited to announce the affiliate membership of the OpenJS Foundation, the premier home for critical open source JavaScript projects, including Appium, Dojo, jQuery,…

  • February 2020 License-Review Summary

    In February, the License-Review mailing list discussed the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), its resolution, and the resolution of the Mulan PSL V2. 

  • Charting a Course for 2020 and Beyond

    This is an interesting time for open source. An approach to intellectual property that was once seen as radical is …

  • January 2020 License-Review Summary

    In January, the License-Review mailing list discussed the Mulan PSL V2, the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), the resolution of the Vaccine License, the BSD-1-Clause [Legacy], and the resolution of the CasperLabs Open Source License (COSL).

  • January 2020 License-Discuss Summary

    In January, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed Dual Licensing, copyrights on APIs, the decision process regarding license review submissions, AGPL evaluation and real world license testing, and the ZFS kernel code on Linux.

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