Open Source Initiative OSI - Welcome Site Index | Trademarks/Graphics | F.A.Q. | Search | "Open Source" Swag   .:: Quick Links ::. * The Open Source Definition * Open Source Licenses * Open Source Awards * The Halloween Docs * O.S. for Customers, Business, and Programmers * Announcements Mailing List * Site Index * Graphics/Trademarks   .:: OSI News - Oct 19 2005 ::. OSI Public Meeting - OSCON 2005 OSI Statement on License Proliferation Open Source Initiative (OSI) Announces New Interim President, OSI To Elect Additional Board Members, Address Contemporary Licensing Issues OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE (OSI) ANNOUNCES EXPANDED PROGRAMS, COUNSEL, AND BOARD Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong New "open source" button graphic Apple is Depending on Open Source for Security The Governator Needs Open Source to Run California UK Advertising Standards Body Tells MS to "Get the Facts"   .:: Where to get Open Source News ::. OSDir.com Linux Weekly News (LWN) LXer ApacheNews Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through the OSI Certified Open Source Software certification mark and program . You can read about successful software products that have these properties, and about our certification mark and program, which allow you to be confident that software really is "Open Source." We also make copies of approved open source licenses here. The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of