The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation with global scope formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source, and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community. See our about and history pages for more.
The OSI maintains the Open Source Definition and the list of Open Source Initiative-approved licenses.
OSI is in the process of transforming into a member-based organisation:
July 24, 2013: Election Result: Individual Members elect Richard Fontana as new OSI Director. Read more...
June 14, 2013: Board News: OSI opens recruitment for General Manager. Read more...
May 11, 2013: Board Report: The OSI Board has made plans for the election of the first Individual Member Director, as well as to hire OSI's first General Manager. Read more...
May 2, 2013: Affiliates Select New OSI Director Read more...
July 18, 2012: Individual Membership: The next step of OSI's transformation into a member organization starts today! You can become an Individual Member. Read more...
June 18, 2012: Affiliate News: OSI is very pleased to welcome AFUL, The Document Foundation, Outercurve, OW2 and The Wikimedia Foundation as OSI Affiliates. Additionally, OSI invites eligible open source organisations to apply to be come Affiliates. Read more...
April 27, 2013: OSI To Host DC Metro Open Source Community Summit - register now! Read more...
February 27, 2013: OSI Board Reaches out to Washington D.C. Organizations week of May 6, 2013 - register now!. Read more...
December 15, 2012: The Board are sad to hear of the sudden death of former OSI Board member Raj Mathur. Read more...
October 17, 2012: OSI and OSHWA Sign Agreement: OSI and the Open Source Hardware Association have signed an agreement clarifying their mutual trademark position. Read more...
March 30, 2012: OSI now has a Google+ page. If you use Google+, please add it to one of your circles to stay up-to-date with our news.
January 18, 2012: The Open Source Initiative Board joined many other civil society organisations as co-signatories of this open letter expressing concern about SOPA and PIPA. Read more...
