Answers to Frequently Asked Questions The Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) represents an important first step in defining Open Source in an AI context. Because AI systems differ fundamentally from…| Open Source Initiative
In addition to joining a number of other organizations in responding to the NTIA’s Request for Comment on, OSI has provided its organizational response to the call for public comment, centering its encouragement on the societal benefits of open models and emphasizing the need to complete the development of a recognized definition of the concept of “Open Source AI” as fundamental to effective policy-making regarding Artificial Intelligence.| Open Source Initiative
We’ve seen that several companies have abandoned their original dedication to the open source community by switching their core products from an open source license, one approved by the Open…| Open Source Initiative
The premise of copyleft licenses is attractive: Create more open source! With permissive licenses, someone can take the code and make proprietary modifications to it and sell it to other people without releasing the modifications. We want people to publish their improvements, right? With copyleft, we can force people to publish their improvements to copyleft code. Businesses will want to use our code because creating it was so much work in the first place. We need copyleft if we want more con...| shazow.net
The Open Forum for AI (OFAI) and OSI submitted feedback to the White House in response to its request for information on the development of a 2025 National AI R&D Strategic Plan.| Open Source Initiative
For AI to be truly Open Source, it must uphold the same principles that have defined Open Source software for over two decades. There is no “80% open” or “open enough.” The freedom to use, study, modify, and share isn’t negotiable. It’s either there, or it isn’t.| Open Source Initiative
In 2024, the European Union approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world's first legal framework for AI. Part of the law mandated the creation of a Code of Practice for General Purpose AI for AI developers. The OSI applied to take part in the drafting of these rules, but when the first draft arrived, we discovered issues that would make it impossible for Open Source AI projects to comply. Here’s how we fixed them.| Open Source Initiative
sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.| sourcehut.org
We’re excited to announce the release of Zorin OS 17.3 today, which brings a host of improvements across the system. It introduces new features, …| blog.zorin.com
Advisory: I am not a legal expert and there could likely be inaccuracies in this post. Today Gumroad announced that they’ve become open source, with this being echoed by the founder and on social sites like Hacker News:| Danb Blog
Happy new year everyone! As a new year’s resolution, I’ve decided to improve SEO for this blog, so from now on my posts will be in FAQ format. What are Sam Thursfield’s favourite …| Sam Thursfield
Here are the best open-source and free-to-use AI models for text, images, and audio, organized by type, application, and licensing considerations.| ZDNET
Before getting into this post i want to make it clear I’m not a legal expert in any way and the following post is based upon my interpretations from spending a lot of time looking at software licenses.| Danb Blog
There’s a stunning degree of fear mongering and lack of humility about what California AI bill SB 942 can or can’t do. Honest conversation about this bill’s limitations are essent…| Techdirt
Open source IP or CCTV camera monitoring software are special software that allow you to manage, connect and monitor your remote cameras over a network| FOSS Post
This year’s Linaro Connect event took place in Spain’s capital, the city of Madrid in May and several members of The Good Penguin attended the event for the conference aspects of the gathering. This event was different than your usual open source conference as Linaro Connect is also a vessel for Linaro employee’s to have …| www.thegoodpenguin.co.uk
Are you looking for an open source WAF to protect your web server or application? See the top ones that are still being maintained and used.| FOSS Post
Open Source RAT tools or "RAT" are similar tools to remote desktop which allow management over a remote host. These are the top ones so far.| FOSS Post
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Open-source software (OSS) sits at the center of almost every digital technology moving the world since the early 1980s—laptops, cellphones, widespread internet connectivity, cloud computing, social media, automation, all the rainbow flavors of e-commerce, and even secure communications and anti-censorship tools.| Atlantic Council
esbuild and Redis1 are two examples of codebases with exceptional documentation. Through their READMEs, changelogs, architecture documents, and code comments, both projects explain their design in such a way that someone new to the codebase can understand where things are, how things are done, and why they are done that way. If you’re a developer looking to get better at documenting your code and software architecture, these are great case studies.| John Jago
An attempt to envision a sustainable software commons and a proposal for a new classification of software beyond the definitions of 'open source' or 'free' software.| SamWhited|blog
When looking at scenarios when open source is misrepresented I’ve commonly come across cases where a project downplays the distinction between open source and source-available-style licenses, choosing to advertise the project and/or themselves as open source while licensed in a non-OSD adhering manner.| Danb Blog
I gave a talk on Sunday at North Bay Python where I attempted to summarize the last few years of development in the space of LLMs—Large Language Models, the technology …| simonwillison.net
Yesterday we announced that Codecov is now “Open Source”, and we messed up in two ways: We wrongly used the term Open Source; while unintentional, we should hav...| Product Blog • Sentry
During the discussions around European digital agenda legislation, I have frequently heard people proposing to define "open source" withi...| Webmink In Draft
