OSI joins FSF in amicus brief in Alice v. CLS Bank
Yesterday, the Open Source Initiative, alongside the Free Software Foundation, filed a “friend of the court” brief in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a case currently being considered by the…
Press Releases
OSI Board Reaches out to Washington D.C. Organizations week of May 6, 2013
The OSI board, which meets in person at least twice per annum, has selected Washington D.C. as the location for the Spring 2013 Board of Directors Meeting. The city serves…
OSI and OSHWA Sign Agreement
Following discussions about the Open Source and Open Source Hardware logos, OSI and the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) have worked together to compose a co-existence agreement on behalf of…
OSI Welcomes Five More Affiliates
The OSI Board has approved Affiliate membership for the following organisations: Friends of OpenDocument Linux Fund The New Zealand Open Source Society Open Source Sweden Tiki Software Community Association We…
OSI Welcomes New Affiliates, Opens For Affiliate Applications
The OSI Board is very pleased to announce that five significant organisations have applied for and been granted Affiliate Membership of the Open Source Initiative, including the first User Group….
OSI Board Elects New Officers
With President Michael Tiemann’s recent retirement from the board and the appointment of new board members, it was time for the OSI Board to choose officers for a new, one year term.
OSI Welcomes Debian and CENATIC
OSI is very pleased to welcome two important new members to the Affiliate scheme for community groups. They are CENATIC and Debian. CENATIC is the Spanish National Reference Center for…
OSI’s new Board
Last Friday the OSI Board held a special meeting to fill vacancies that had arisen by the departure of three directors – Mike Godwin, Andrew Oliver and Michael Tiemann. Michael Tiemann left the Board after serving as OSI President for many years and leaves a large gap which the board will only fill thoughtfully; as a consequence, Martin Michlmayr, currently OSI Secretary, was temporarily appointed Acting President and the election of a full new President scheduled for a later meeting of the new Board. The Board warmly thanks all three for the contribution they have made to OSI.
OSI Announces New Initiatives
OSI is changing, and you can help! I spoke at FOSDEM in Brussels on Saturday, on behalf of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) where I serve as a director. My…
OSI Opposes SOPA and PIPA
The Open Source Initiative Board joined many other civil society organizations as co-signatories of an open letter expressing concern about SOPA and PIPA. As human rights and press freedom advocates,…
Mozilla Releases OSI-Approved MPLv2
Last week saw a quiet landmark in the history of the open source movement with the formal release of version two of the Mozilla Public License (MPLv2) and its approval…
OSI Board Members, Officers and Committee Chairs for 2011-2012
In a special board meeting convened for board elections on March 16 2011, the OSI board elected three new illustrious members of the open source community – Jim Jagielski, Karl…