Open source software is software developed by and for the user community. Discover the wide variety of open source applications, from productivity applications to calendaring or email software , and learn more about the benefits of personal use.
Open source projects provide tremendous opportunities for developers to share and learn through collaboration. Find colleagues for your project or join an existing effort. Contributions aren't limited to code, as projects need a diverse range of skills.
Driving innovation requires optimizing how a company creates, deploys & uses software assets. Find out how enterprises have realized the promise of open source: higher quality, greater reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
Whether serving as a foundation in support of an open source software project or harnessing open source infrastructure for day-to-day operations in support of any mission, learn how the open source ethos of contribution & community helps make life for NPO & NGO staffers easier.
Many of the world’s most successful open source projects have their roots in the academy. Participation extends beyond adoption and development, and now includes a wide variety of academic programs and research. Discover how your institution can benefit from open source software.
Governments around the globe recognize the value of open source as both a technology solution delivering value to the public they serve as well as an approach for development returning tax-payer investments back to the society they represent.
As a global non-profit, The Open Source Initiative (OSI) protects and promotes open source software, development and communities, championing software freedom in society through education, collaboration, and infrastructure, stewarding the Open Source Definition (OSD), and preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos inherent to the open source movement. See our about and history pages for more.
Open source software is software that can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone. Open source software is made by many people, and distributed under licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition.
The following was provided by Brent Turner, California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO) Secretary. CAVO, an OSI Affiliate Member.
Hello Open Source Software Community & U.S. Voters,
The OSI has received several inquiries concerning its opinion on the licensing of React [1], which is essentially the 3-clause BSD license along with, in a separate file, an 'Additional Grant of Patent Rights' [2].
Special guest article by Sean Roberts (@sarob). The OSI would like to thank Sean, Erich and Zack for all their help in promoting and staffing the OSI booth during the Bay Area ACT-W, and their support of open source software and women in technology.
OSI hosting a community social for the open source software community: join us for drinks, dinning and discussions.
Meadhall, Cambridge, MA April 04, 2017 -- If you're in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area on Tuesday, April 4th, the OSI Board of Directors invites you to join us and the free and open source software community for a casual evening get-together (Oh, and please feel free to bring a friend).
A symposium on Open Source Software, Open Science, Open Source Hardware, and their role in innovation
Who is this symposium for?
This symposium is for anybody with an interest in open source software, open science, open hardware, and innovation.
