Favorite Members Newsletter – November 2025 Dear OSI supporters, October was punctuated by lots of direct connections with the community. In this month’s newsletter, we’ll highlight our experience through our annual “State of the Source” track at All Things Open; discuss our advocacy on behalf of the Open Source community through our public policy work;…
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A Season of Change at OSI
Favorite Members Newsletter – October 2025 Dear Open Source Initiative supporters, Welcome to our OSI October newsletter. In this edition we’ll share how we spent our September and highlight our upcoming October activities. As always, if you’re interested in more information about anything we’re working on, just drop us a note. As summer closes and…
Policy, Data, and AI: Join the Conversations
Favorite Members Newsletter – September 2025 Dear Open Source Initiative supporters, The Open Source Initiative is entering a busy season with opportunities for our community to learn, contribute, and shape the future of Open Source. October 1-3 we’ll host Deep Dive: Data Governance, bringing together world-class experts to explore responsible and systematic access to data in…
Feature freeze: a pause with purpose
Favorite Members Newsletter – August 2025 Dear Open Source Initiative supporters, As the days stretch long and the lure of beaches and barbecues calls, I’ve got a summer-themed hot take for our community: Our collective obsession with “perpetual bug fixing” and “ever-expanding features” is the digital equivalent of trying to pack five different beach activities…
Extending the OSI’s reach, together
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…
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.…