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By OSI Staff on 4 Aug 2022

We spent this past weekend in Los Angeles at the SCaLE 19X conference and it...

The post Reflecting on SCaLE 19x first appeared on Voices of Open Source.

By Chris Aniszczyk and Ana Jiménez Santamaría on 3 Aug 2022

There are five common stages of the OSPOs that identify the status of your organization’s involvement in Open Source: use it as suggestions to advance your Open Source journey.

The post The five stages of the Open Source Program Office first appeared on Voices of Open Source.

By Chris Aniszczyk and Ava Jiminez on 28 Jul 2022

A well-designed Open Source Program Office is the center of competency for an organization’s Open Source operations and structure.

The post What is an Open Source Program Office and why you should have one first appeared on Voices of Open Source.

By OSI Staff on 26 Jul 2022

Meet OSI at SCaLE 19X- the 19th annual Southern California Linux Expo happening July 28th - July 30th.

The post OSI to attend SCaLE 19x conference first appeared on Voices of Open Source.

By OSI Staff on 20 Jul 2022

In the days following the Free Software Foundation Europe Legal Network Conference in Stockholm, an...

The post Tackling sticky questions about cryptocurrency and Open Source from a legal perspective first appeared on Voices of Open Source.

By OSI Staff on 14 Jul 2022

Discussing if Copilot has an Open Source license issue or a copyright issue means getting lost in legal weeds and missing the point. To me the issue with Copilot is fairness. But it’s not just GitHub.

The post Why we need to dive deeper into AI first appeared on Voices of Open Source.

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