Open Source Initiative

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is pleased to announce the launch of the Open Source AI Fellowship at UN Open Source Week. The fellowship will support OSI’s work to advance understanding, measure trends, engage in policy, and build consensus around what it means for an AI system to be labeled “Open Source.” Through this program, OSI aims to serve as a hub for Open Source AI ...

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) recently submitted comments to Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) regarding its draft guidance on technology providers under the ECA Digital framework, a law to prot...

The Open Source Initiative’s 2025 Annual Report documents a year in which Open Source found itself at the center of major debates around AI, cybersecurity, sustainability, and public policy.

In 2025, OSI continued its work to protect and advance the Open Source ecosystem through licensing stewardship, policy engagement, research, and community collaboration. The rep...

Dear OSI community,

“What do you think the first three months on the job will look like?”

If you had asked me this question in April, I might have listed a hundred observations about community meetings, operations, fundraising, messaging, or strategy. Nowhere in that list would I have said “I expect to be invited to addres...

This week, the European Union (EU) published its “Tech Sovereignty” package, with a vision that puts Open Source at the heart of the EU’s digital sovereignty ambitions, while addressing many concerns and requests of Open Source communities.

In February of this year, the OSI