Favorite Members Newsletter – July 2025 In June, OSI staff and board members took our “we’ve got your back” commitment on the road—connecting directly with the global Open Source community to listen, inform, and advocate. From New York to Paris, we saw firsthand the growing momentum behind our shared mission—and the work still ahead. At UN…
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On the side of the Open Source ecosystem
Favorite Members Newsletter – June 2025 May was a full immersion into some of the largest components of the Open Source ecosystem, from maintainers to founders. Jordan Maris (OSI EU policy manager) and I went to the Open Source Founders Summit in Paris to meet small businesses, mature companies and startups and share our knowledge…
Celebrating maintainers, founders, and the future of Open Source
Favorite Members Newsletter – May 2025 May is Maintainer Month—a time to recognize the essential work of those who build, fix, review, and secure the code that the world relies on every day. At OSI, we know maintainers are the heartbeat of Open Source. That’s why we’re lifting up their stories, sharing ways to get involved,…
Big News for Open Source—From the UN to the OSI new directors
Favorite Members Newsletter – April 2025 We’re thrilled to share that the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the first organization to officially endorse the United Nations Open Source Principles! These eight principles lay out a strong foundation for open, secure, and inclusive digital collaboration across the globe—and we’re in good company. Seventeen organizations (and counting), including The Linux…
Community contributions: Call to action
Favorite Members Newsletter – March 2025 This month, I’ve been reflecting on the importance of community contributions to everything we do at OSI. When Open Source advocates participate in our discussions, we make good things happen for the Open Source community as a whole. This was particularly evident as we worked together over the past…
Get ready to vote for OSI’s board of directors in 2025
Favorite Members Newsletter – February 2025 2025 is well under way, and it’s time to elect a new Board of Directors at the OSI! This year two elections will be held simultaneously: One director elected by the affiliate organizations, and two directors elected by individual members. The elections timeline was announced and nominations opened on January 22.…
It’s 2025, we’re ready for more Open Source!
Favorite Members Newsletter – January 2025 Thank you for making 2024 the most generous year of all time: We had a record positive year across all the possible indicators. We’re energized by your personal donations and eager to continue working with philanthropic organizations to continue supporting the whole Open Source ecosystem. Despite some churn in…
Driving Open Source Forward: Make Your Impact in 2025
Favorite Members Newsletter – December 2024 Our work thrives because of a passionate community dedicated to Open Source values. From advancing initiatives like the Open Source AI Definition to addressing challenges in licensing and policy, collaboration has always been our driving force. While 2024 brought significant progress, the challenges ahead demand even greater collective action.…
Members Newsletter – November 2024
Favorite After more than two years of collaboration, information gathering, global workshopping, testing, and an in-depth co-design process, we have an Open Source AI Definition. The purpose of version 1.0 is to establish a workable standard for developers, researchers, and educators to consider how they may design evaluations for AI systems’ openness. The meaningful ability to…
Members Newsletter – October 2024
Favorite We’re pleased to announce that Release Candidate 1 of the Open Source AI Definition has been confirmed and published! If you’d like to add your name to the list of endorsers published online, please let us know. We traveled four continents presenting to diverse audiences and soliciting feedback on the draft definition: Deep Learning Indaba in Dakar, Senegal; IndiaFOSS in…