Open Source Initiative

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non-profit organization software advocacy organization

The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Open Source Definition 0 3
open source definition 0 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf non-profit organization →
software advocacy organization →
abbreviation OSI →
advocatesFor collaborative software development →
open development models →
open standards →
aimsTo prevent misuse of the term "open source" →
approves open source licenses →
basedOn Debian Free Software Guidelines →
coFoundedBy Bruce Perens →
Eric Raymond →
surface form: Eric S. Raymond
collaboratesWith Apache Software Foundation →
Free Software Foundation Europe →
Linux Foundation →
countryOfOrigin United States of America →
surface form: United States
defines Open Source Initiative self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Open Source Definition
fieldOfWork digital rights →
open source software →
software licensing →
foundedInYear 1998 →
founder Bruce Perens →
Eric Raymond →
surface form: Eric S. Raymond
governingBody board of directors →
hasFocusArea education about open source →
license compliance →
public policy related to open source →
hasMembershipType affiliate organizations →
corporate sponsors →
individual members →
hasMotto Education, advocacy, and stewardship of open source →
hasProgram affiliate program →
corporate sponsorship program →
individual membership program →
license review process →
headquartersLocation Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED →
influencedBy Debian Free Software Guidelines →
Free Software Foundation →
legalForm 501(c)(3) non-profit →
licenseListIncludes Apache License 2.0 NERFINISHED →
BSD license →
surface form: BSD licenses

GNU General Public License →
MIT License NERFINISHED →
maintains Open Source Initiative self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Open Source Definition
maintainsListOf OSI-approved licenses →
monitors use of the term "open source" →
nonProfitSector advocacy →
education →
technology →
primaryLanguage English →
purpose promotion of open source software →
protection of open source software →
website https://opensource.org →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GNU Lesser General Public License → approvedBy → Open Source Initiative →
Python Software Foundation License → approvedBy → Open Source Initiative →
open-source movement → associatedWithOrganization → Open Source Initiative →
Open Source Initiative → defines → Open Source Initiative self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Open Source Definition
Free Software Definition → influenced → Open Source Initiative →
this entity surface form: open source definition
BSD license → isApprovedBy → Open Source Initiative →
MIT License → isApprovedBy → Open Source Initiative →
Open Source Initiative → maintains → Open Source Initiative self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Open Source Definition
open-source movement → usesDefinitionFrom → Open Source Initiative →
this entity surface form: Open Source Definition