For over 20 years the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has worked to raise awareness and adoption of open source software, and build bridges between open source communities of practice. As a global non-profit, the OSI champions 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.
Open source software is made by many people and distributed under an OSD-compliant license which grants all the rights to use, study, change, and share the software in modified and unmodified form. Software freedom is essential to enabling community development of open source software.
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Nominations for the OSI Board of Directors are now open.
The Open Source Initiative is pleased to announce our 2019 Board Elections. As a membership led organization, your participation in our leadership--both as a voter and a candidate--is critical.
NOMINATIONS OPEN: FEBRUARY 3rd, 2019, through MARCH 1, 2019
More information on the eligibility for candidates, the OSI's elections process, responsibilities of the OSI Board and OSI Board Directors, and more on our OSI Board Elections page.