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Open Source Initiative

Harnass the power of distributed peer review

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community. Activities include a standards body and maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. Learn More...

GNU General Public License

The open source standards model

“Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech”, not as in “free beer”. Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software.

The Apache Open for Business Project

The web's most dominant server now provides business continuation integrity

Apache exemplifies virtues in the Open Source community in the same way George Washington served in building our nation through selfless unyielding dedication to the common good. Institutionalizing both a database model and the web interface has set the stage for unincumbered collaboration in a free market. Learn More...