Back مبادرة المصدر المفتوح Arabic ওপেন সোর্স ইনিশিয়েটিভ Bengali/Bangla Open Source Initiative Catalan Open Source Initiative German Open Source Initiative Spanish پیشگامان متنباز Persian Open Source Initiative Finnish Open Source Initiative French Open Source Initiative Galician Open Source Initiative Italian
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| Formation | February 8, 1998 |
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| Type | Standards organization[1] |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Executive Director | Stefano Maffulli (September 2021 – present) |
Budget | US$209,500 (2019)[3] |
Revenue | US$209,500 (2019)[4] |
| Website | opensource |
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the steward of the Open Source Definition, the most widely used standard for open-source software.
Founded in 1998, the Open Source Initiative coined the term open source in opposition to the free software movement. While free software is the same thing as open-source software, OSI preferred to make a pragmatic and business-friendly case for open-source software.
For most of its existence, the OSI's activities have been focused on the definition and certifying software licenses as compliant with it. OSI originally had a closed organizational model, but began to switch towards a membership organization in the 2010s to raise more money and expand its activities.
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