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The Evolution Starts Now
Deb Bryant Board Director
Open Source Initiative
Presented to the
Open Source Community Summit
May 10, 2013
OSI’s Starting Point
•OSI founded 1998 by key figures in free and open source software
•Steward of the Open Source Definition
•Making open source licenses simpler for developers and businesses
www.opensource.org
Context
• Ten Board Members
• Infrastructure = 4 board + 3 volunteers
• No staff
• funding approx. $25k per annum through 2012
Day to Day
Kindly manage...
• global help desk for disenfranchised software downloaders (answering all email even if misdirected)
• requests to participate in surveys/studies/class papers exceed capacity
Day to Day
Responsive to OSI Public Facing List:
• Requests for resources, contacts, project info, speakers
• Public input for content amendments
• Trademark and Legal alerts
• General List Moderation
Month to Month
• Board legal & fiscal
• Represent OSI community interests
• Membership outreach
Missed Opportunities
• Documentation & other valuable educational content are in short supply on site
Over 10 million unique visits to opensource.org less than 15% return
The OSI Mission: More than Licenses
"to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community.”
Best achieved through broader participation and membership engagement
• OSI to date has been a Board-only entity
• Moving to a member-led governance
• Members will:– decide how OSI should operate– build education initiatives
• – use OSI as a policy venue– co-ordinate locally and globally over initiatives
• Board will:– Facilitate these actions with the lightest touch – Represent Members and be elected by them – Prevent regulatory capture and strategy drift
Evolution
OSI Membership Programs Give Voice to a World of Stakeholders
• Affiliate Members
Non Profit Organizations with a shared interest and support for free software
• Individual Members
Free Software enthusiasts who want to show their support Free Software
• Corporate Members
A future program to allow commercial interest a balanced opportunity to support free software (winter 2012)
New
OSI Membership Programs Give Voice to a World of Stakeholders
• Affiliate Members
Non Profit Organizations with a shared interest and support for free software
• Individual Members
Free Software enthusiasts who want to show their support Free Software
• Corporate Donors
2013: Companies Step Up & Contribute>
Corporate feedback; support without
governance role
Individual Membership
opensource.org/join
licensed to drive & resource priorities
Board of Directors
Individual Member Election
July 2013
OSI board of directors May 8, 2013
Google Offices, Washington, D.C.
OSI Affiliates
More EducationMay 9
Open Source License Clinic
Library of Congress
Executive PanelIDA, CENDI, OSI, Red Hat,
Eclipse Foundation
Education Gap• Study
scanned 28% of github repository
• Only 14.9% identified license in top level directory
• 28% buried license data in “readme” file
• “GPL - but for non-commercial use only"
Source: Aaron Williamson,
comments 4.18.3013
Why Not?
Send Reinforcements
• Will hire first employee by July of 2013
• General manager with a first priority to our membership needs
Demystifying Licensing
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
potential project parters
BrazilGermany!Italy!India!Japan!Malaysia!Spain!Sweden!Venezuela
Government-Funded Centers
also known as “Competency Centers” Why not US?
Thanks!
Deb Bryant Open Source Initiative
Open Source Community Summit
May 10, 2013
More information?
Deborah Bryant debbryant@opensource.org
opensource.org
Mark Prutsalis ofSahana Foundation at
First International Crisis CongressWashington, D.C. USA
• Additional Resources & references
• OSI web site http://opensource.org
• GitHub License Study:
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/18/github_licensing_study/
• License choosers:
• http://www.tldrlegal.com/
• http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/apps/licdiff/
Unconference!session pitches
Open Source Community Summit
May 10, 2013
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