Mailing Lists

As a distributed organization, the Open Source Initiative uses mailing lists as virtual committees. These are where larger Open Source community works with the OSI's Board of Directors in fulfilling our mission to "educate and advocate" for Open Source.

The following mailing lists are open to anyone who cares about the world of Open Source, as long as you respect the charters and observe our Code of Conduct.

License Review

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Moderator:Karl Fogel, OSI Board Member and License Review Committee Chair

Charter: Reviewing submitted licenses for OSD Compliance and Proliferation concerns (as described in the Approval Process), in order to provide community recommendations to the OSI Board.

License Discuss

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Moderator:Karl Fogel, OSI Board Member and License Review Committee Chair

Charter: Discuss and answer important questions about Open Source licensing, in order to collect community wisdom for the FAQ.

Education Project

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Moderator:Fabio Kon, OSI Board Member and Education Committee Chair

Objectives:

1. Provide a neutral platform to facilitate interaction between educators and open source projects.
2. Promote open source technologies and methods in education.
3. Help develop open source reference curricula for high schools, colleges, universities and adult education.
4. Promote sharing of open source curricula and related resources among interested parties.

We welcome all educators, open source collaborators and friends, to participate in helping the OSI spread open source in education.