The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a California public benefit corporation, with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, founded in 1998.
We are also actively involved in Open Source community-building, education, and public advocacy to promote awareness and the importance of non-proprietary software. OSI participates in Open Source conferences and events, to meet with open source developers and users, and to discuss with executives from the public and private sectors about how Open Source technologies, licenses, and models of development can provide economic and strategic advantages.
Vision
As the leading voice on the policies and principles of open source, the OSI helps build a world where the freedoms and opportunities of open source software can be enjoyed by all. The OSI supports institutions and individuals working together to create communities of practice in which the healthy open source ecosystem thrives.
Mission
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation with global scope formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community.
Open source enables a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is higher quality, better reliability, greater flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
One of our most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. The Open Source Initiative Approved License trademark and program creates a nexus of trust around which developers, users, corporations and governments can organize open source cooperation.
Contact
Please contact the OSI if you are interested in having us help you develop, arrange, or conduct educational conferences, programs, courses of instruction, and/or online educational seminars relating to Open Source (non-proprietary) software.
Our website has a contact form that can be used to reach us over the internet, or we can be contacted at our mailing address:
Open Source Initiative
8605 Santa Monica Blvd PMB 63639
West Hollywood, CA 90069-4109
United States
The Open Source Initiative's IRS Tax ID Number (TIN) is 91-2037395.
The Open Source Initiative's EU Transparency Register Number 672028337929-77
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Submitted by OSI on Mon, 2007-07-23 08:58 Permalink
Informacje o Open Source Initiative (Polish translation)
This is a Polish translation of "About the Open Source Initiative". Jest to polskie tłumaczenie dokumentu "About the Open Source Initiative". Translated by / tłumaczenia wykonał: T4TW tłumaczenia team.
Open Source Initiative (OSI) jest założoną w 1998 roku w Kaliforni korporacją typu non-profit
Pracownicy OSI zarządzają Definicją Open Source (OSD) i są uznanym przez społeczność organem zajmującym się rozpatrywaniem i zatwierdzaniem licencji zgodności z OSD.
OSI pozostaje aktywnie zaangażowana w budowę społeczności Open Source jak i edukację. Członkowie Zarządu OSI często podróźują po świecie by móc uczestniczyć w wydarzeniach i konferencjach związanych z technologią Open Source, gdzie spotykają się z projektantami i użytkownikami open source. Prowadzą również dyskusje z kierownikami przedsiębiorstw sektora publicznego i prywatnego na temat tego jak technologie Open source, licencje oraz modele rozwoju mogą zapewnić im gospodarczą i strategiczną przewagę.
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Σχετικά με την Open Source Initiative (Greek translation)
Submitted by OSI on Sun, 2007-07-29 04:58 Permalink
Açık Kaynak İnisiyatifi Hakkında (Turkish Translation)
Submitted by OSI on Tue, 2007-08-07 16:19 Permalink
关于 Open Source Initiative (Chinese translation)
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In Turkish Translation of
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Информация об "Open Source Initiative" (Русский перевод)
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About the Open Source Initiative - (Dutch)Nederlandse vertaling
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Swahili translation
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Acerca de la Iniciativa Codigo Abierto
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Arabic translation of the "About the Open Source Initiative"
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Re:
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Despre Initiativa Open Source (OSI)
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Traducción al español Inciativa de Codigo Abierto
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Italian translation
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German translation
Die Open Source Initiative (OSI) ist ein gemeinnütziges Unternehmen, das im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien ansäßig ist. Es wurde 1998 gegründet und ist nach Section 501(c)3 des Internal Revenue Codes steuerbefreit.
Die OSI verwaltet die Open Source Definition (OSD). Sie ist das von der Gemeinschaft anerkannte Gremium, das Lizenzen auf OSD-Konformität überprüft und anerkennt.
Die OSI ist beteiligt sich aktiv am Aufbau und der Ausbildung der Open-Source Gemeinschaft. Sie betreibt darüber hinaus Öffentlichkeitsarbeit um das Ansehen von nicht-proprietärer Software zu verbessern und das Bewusstsein dafür zu stärken. Vorstandsmitglieder der OSI besuchen häufig Open-Source Konferenzen und Veranstaltungen, treffen sich mit Open-Source-Entwicklern und Anwendern, und diskutieren mit Führungskräften aus dem öffentlichen und dem privaten Sektor darüber wie Open-Source-Technologien, Lizenzen und Modelle zur Entwicklung von wirtschaftlichen und strategischen Vorteile beitragen können.
(Translation contributed by Bernhard Treutwein)
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Turkish Translation - Açık Kaynak Kullanımı