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For over 20 years (https://opensource.org/history) the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has worked to raise awareness and adoption of open source
software, and build bridges between open source communities (https://opensource.org/a liates) of practice. As a global non-pro t
(https://opensource.org/sponsors#sponOps), the OSI champions software freedom in society through education, collaboration, and infrastructure,
stewarding the Open Source De nition (https://opensource.org/osd) (OSD), and preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos inherent to the open source
movement.

Open source software is made by many people (https://opensource.org/members) and distributed under an OSD-compliant license
(https://opensource.org/licenses) which grants all the rights to use, study, change, and share the software in modi ed and unmodi ed form. Software
freedom is essential to enabling community development of open source software.

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Join us for OSI's rst State of the Source Summit!

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 Submitted by jenn.cummings on Mon, 2020-08-24 15:52

We need open source now, more than ever. Now is the time to foster global connections, knowledge exchange and cross-border
collaboration. Only by working together can we make bigger strides in solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. The mission of
OSI has always been to advocate for the bene ts of open source and to build bridges among di erent constituencies in the open source
community. Our goal is to establish State of Source as a platform to bring together open source projects, communities and advocates from
around the world.
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License Review Process Update (/node/1078)

 Submitted by administrator on Mon, 2020-07-20 07:15

We’d like to update you on some work we have underway on improving the OSI’s work on reviewing open source licenses. We’re working
on two initiatives, one substantive and one process.

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OASIS Open Joins Open Source Initiative (/node/1076)

 Submitted by administrator on Tue, 2020-06-30 07:00

Shared vision and combined resources extend both organizations’ ability to advance open
source through standards.

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 30, 2020 -- The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the internationally
recognized steward of the Open Source De nition and open source licenses, is excited to
announce the A liate Membership of OASIS Open, a global nonpro t consortium managing a
broad technical agenda encompassing cybersecurity, blockchain, privacy, cryptography, cloud
computing, IoT, urban mobility, emergency management, and other content technologies.

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Announcing OSI's New Interim General Manager

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 Submitted by administrator on Thu, 2020-08-20 11:00

The Open Source Initiative is bringing in Deb Nicholson as its new Interim General Manager. Nicholson will be supporting the organization
through a period of growth and introspection (https://opensource.org/node/1068) over the upcoming year as stakeholders continue
building on the non-pro t's past successes. She will be overseeing day-to-day operations, including marketing, sta ng and infrastructure,
as well as supporting board and volunteer activities. 

OSI's President, Josh Simmons elaborates, "We're thrilled to welcome Deb as an Interim General Manager at OSI. Her credentials are top
notch, and she's well respected within the free and open source software communities... I couldn't ask for a better partner as OSI works
through its second major transformation! Deb's roots in the software freedom community and at Conservancy
(https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/may/01/deb-nicholson-director-community-operations/) bode well for our movements as we strive
to present a more uni ed front to advance our shared goals."

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February 2020 License-Discuss Summary

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 Submitted by travinkeith on Mon, 2020-07-20 19:22

In February, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed the OSD and compulsory user reporting, the delisting of licenses, the MIT-Clone and
conern on the copyright notice, GDPR/CCPA and the Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4), the CERN Open Hardware License
2.0, Ethical Open Source Licensing – Persona non Grata Preamble, Fairness vs Mission Objectives of the OSI, ethical open source licensing -
Dual Licensing for Justice, discouraging governments from creating bespoke licenses, and the psychological relationship between an author
and the work.