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Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.

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.

OSI Top News

• Microsoft submits two licenses for open source approval - Computer Business Review
• Japan Becomes First Asian Nation To Embrace Open Software Standards
• OSI to crack down on Open Source abusers
• Sri Lanka's Lankan Software Foundation hosts fourth FOSS-ED Conference, speaks out on the true cost of Piracy
• Infoworld series interviewing FOSS CEOs
• Report-out on Open Source Business Models debate in the blogosphere
• Double badness towards Open Source at eWeek
• German companies lead the world in use of Open Source software
• Venezula's "Bolivarian Computer" runs only on Linux
• IT Wire tries to figure out the 10 hottest apps in Open Source