The Open Source Initiative has served as the key steward of open source software since its formation in 1998. In September 2021, the Open Source Initiative board hired Stefano Maffulli as its first Executive Director. I recently interviewed Stefano to learn more about him and his vision for the Open Source Initiative.
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7 Reasons Why Free Software Is Losing Influence
Bruce Byfield | Datamation | November 22, 2011
Five years ago, when most of the Java code was released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), Sun Microsystems took care to enlist the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in the announcement, collecting approving statements from Richard Stallman, the president of the FSF, and Eben Moglen, its legal counsel. Read More »
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7 Reasons Why Free Software Is Losing Influence
Bruce Byfield | Datamation | November 22, 2011
Five years ago, when most of the Java code was released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), Sun Microsystems took care to enlist the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in the announcement, collecting approving statements from Richard Stallman, the president of the FSF, and Eben Moglen, its legal counsel.
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Do We Still Need The FSF, GNU and GPL?
Glyn Moody | The H Open | June 13, 2011
It's easy to take things for granted – to assume that the world will always be as it is. And then sometimes you receive a mild jolt: some new information appears that makes you sit up and reconsider your preconceptions. Here's one jolt I received recently: Read More »
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FSF Uses Unproven Compliance Issue to Promote GPLv3
Brian Proffitt | IT World | August 22, 2011
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), in its quest to promote version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPL) over the GPLv2, has joined the chorus of observers who have made broad hints that vendors within the Android operating system ecosystem are guilty of some violation of the GPLv2. Read More »
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Further defining 'Free' and/or 'Open Source' Software
The battle continues over the correct definitions of 'Free' and/or 'Open Source' Software (FOSS). For many readers who don't follow this issue closely, it's time to take another look at the subject.
According to the GNU organization and the Free Software Foundation (FSF), 'Free' Software is not about price – it's about liberty and freedom.. Read More »
Posted August 15, 2013 - 11:26am by Peter Groen
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Interview with Stefano Maffulli First Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative
By Jim Hall | December 17, 2021
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Kitware's Contribution to the OSTP RFI On Publically Funded Data: the “Open Source Way”
Peter Murray-Rust | A Scientist and the Web | January 5, 2012
Here I want to applaud the response from Kitware, a company I know remotely (though have never visited). I work closely with Marcus Hanwell, who has developed Avogadro, an Open Source molecular editor (picture at the end of this mail). Read More »
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Mozilla Pushes Out MPL 2.0
Ben Woods | ZDNet UK | January 4, 2012
Mozilla has finished work on version 2.0 of its Mozilla Public Licence, updating the agreement for the first time in more than a decade to fit better with other free software and open-source licences. Read More »
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On The Continuing Decline of the GPL
Matthew Aslett | The 451 Group | December 15, 2011
...The figures indicate that not only has the usage of the GNU GPL family of licenses (GPL2+3, LGPL2+3, AGPL) continued to decline since June, but that the decline has accelerated. The GPL family now accounts for about 57% of all open source software, compared to 61% in June.
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Open Source Initiative Names Stefano Maffulli As First Executive Director
Press Release |
Open Source Initiative (OSI) |
September 8, 2021
The Open Source Initiative ® (OSI), stewards of the Open Source Definition that sets the foundation for the open source ecosystem, is excited to announce Stefano Maffulli as its first Executive Director. The appointment is a key step for the transformation of OSI into a professionally managed organization, a process that the Board of Directors started in 2020. After an expansive search led by OSI’s purpose-built staffing committee, the Board of Directors appointed Maffulli, an experienced international leader in enterprise and open source environments.
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Ruby Project Ditches GPL in Favour of BSD
Gareth Halfacree | Thinq_ | October 30, 2011
Ruby 1.9.3-p0, the first release in the new stable series, was released last night, but in addition to several new features and improvements - including better support for library loading, and locking in multi-threaded programs and support for Unicode 6.0 - comes with a change in licensing. Read More »
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Windows Store Makes a Special Allowance for Open Source
Katherine Noyes | PC World | December 8, 2011
Microsoft has caused plenty of angst among fans of open source software over the years--just recently with its secure boot plans for Windows 8, for example--but this week it appears to have delivered a small gift instead. Read More »
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