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Brandeis University and Open Source Initiative to Launch New Educational Partnership.

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 2019-07-16 21:37

Resources designed to fill key skills gaps as open source industry matures.

OSCON – PORTLAND, OR – July 17, 2019 – Brandeis University’s Graduate Professional Studies division (GPS) will partner with The Open Source Initiative® (OSI) to provide new educational offerings for the open source community, the university announced at OSCON 2019.

Juniper Networks Extends Commitment to Open Source Software and Communities through Open Source Initiative Sponsorship.

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 2019-07-14 10:52

Generous support from long-standing open source collaborator and contributor will advance open source alignment and foster open standards.

OSCON, Portland, OR - July 15, 2019 – Juniper Networks firmly believes open source and open standards foster greater innovation, and for years has actively participated in a variety of open source communities and key standards bodies, including FreeBSD Foundation, Linux Foundation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and OpenStack Foundation. Today Juniper Networks extends that support though OSI sponsorship.

On Why OpenStack Foundation Joined the OSI

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 2019-07-03 09:35

The definition of open source has been under attack, making the work of the Open Source Initiative more important than ever says OSF’s Thierry Carrez.

Open Source Initiative Welcomes TODO Group as Affiliate Member

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 2019-07-01 09:14

PALO ALTO, Calif. - July 2, 2019 -- The Open Source Initiative announced today the affiliate membership of TODO Group. Boasting membership from some of today's most active corporations working in and with Open Source Software, the TODO Group shares experiences, develops best practices, and collaborates around common tooling to address some of the most common challenges related to open source program management, development, deployment, and management.

Publication of Research on Company Contributions to OSS Projects

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 2019-06-30 13:25

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering has published an article on company contributions to community open source projects authored by partners in the LIM-IT project. "On Company Contributions to Community OSS Projects" reports an investigation of how practitioners working for businesses interact with eight community OSS projects of various sizes in diverse domains, including cloud computing and the internet of things. The article also investigates why contributors working for companies use particular ways of working to achieve the strategic aims of the businesses that commission their work.

OpenStack Foundation Joins Open Source Initiative as Affiliate Member

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 2019-06-26 18:12

Membership affirms open source community's support of the Open Source Definition and OSI's mission as steward.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - June 26, 2019 -- The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), steward of the Open Source Definition and internationally recognized body for approving Open Source Software licenses, today announces the affiliate membership of The OpenStack Foundation (OSF).

CAVO encouraged by—and encouraging—state and local governments’ open source elections systems.

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 2019-06-12 07:23

OSI Affiliate Member, California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO) is reporting significant developments to advance the use of Open Source Software within electronic voting systems.

According to CAVO, the PAVE Act, tendered by United States’ senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Kamala Harris of California, includes provisions to address financial barriers that could be incurred by state and local governments evaluating open source options for their elections systems.

Knowage Renews Sponsorship in Support of Open Source and Open Source Initiative

Submitted by administrator on Thu, 2019-06-06 07:46

Open Source Software project cultivates collaboration by extending outreach to OSI as part of broader community development.

Knowage, the open source suite for modern Business Analytics, combining traditional and big data sources into valuable and meaningful information, has renewed their sponsorship of the the Open Source Initiative® (OSI). Knowage (formerly SpagoBI) has a 14-years history of open source collaboration, where individuals and companies work together to meet the latest analytical needs, including collaboration with current OSI Affiliate Members Eclipse Foundation, OW2, and Engineering Group- one of the world's leading specialist providers of services, software development and digital platforms that support both public and private companies or organizations through digital transformation..

May 2019 License-Review Summary

Submitted by LAtkinson on Mon, 2019-06-03 15:21

In May, the License-Review mailing list saw extensive debate on the Cryptographic Autonomy License. The list also discussed a BSD variant used by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Master-Console license.