Join us at PyCon 2022
We are very excited to be attending our first in-person event in over 2 years! PyCon has always been one of our favorites and we are looking forward to returning
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Let’s get open source voices heard by the EU on standards essential patents
Now is a crucial time for the open source community to respond to the consultation launched by the European Commission on standards essential patents (SEPs).
Six lessons learned from 2022 OSI elections
Before I mark a major project as DONE, I always take time to write down what worked, what didn’t and fresh thoughts on how to do things better next time.
2022 OSI Board Election Results
The polls just closed, the results are in. Congratulations to the elected directors: Pamela Chestek, Carlo Piana, Josh Berkus and Amanda Brock.
The modern function and role of the OSI Board of Directors
We hope this post provided useful context to current board candidates, the voting members, and the rest of the community. There’s a lot of hard work still to be done in open source, and on OSI itself. But our future together is bright!
Meet OSI’s 2022 candidates for Board of Directors
We’re thrilled to announce nine individual and five Affiliate candidates who are up for election. Meet the candidates before voting opens this Friday, March 11th.
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.
OSI links arms with the Open Infrastructure Foundation
OSI has chosen to become an associate member of one of our own members, the Open Infrastructure (OpenInfra) Foundation.
Ten takeaways from the 2022 State of Open Source survey
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) and OpenLogic by Perforce joined forces to conduct a global survey about the State of Open Source software. In only six weeks, we drew 2,660 respondents from every corner of the globe and from companies of all sizes representing over 15 different industries.
How OSI will renew its Board of Directors in 2022
In the next few months, the OSI board of directors will renew four of its seats with an open election process among its full individual members and affiliates. There will be two elections in March: The Affiliate organizations will elect two directors and Individual members will elect two directors.
Results from the first new members campaign
We’re welcoming 1,354 new members to the Open Source Initiative. The membership drive we launched at the end of 2021 surpassed our expectations.