Meet the people behind the Open Source Initiative (video)

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Author: Robin 'Roblimo' Miller

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the group that decides whether a software license merits a seal of approval as actual, genuine open source software. It has never been a secret group — its license-discuss email list has always been open to all comers, for example — but not many open source users or developers know who belongs to the board or what they do. This impromptu, hand-held video — shot at OSCON 2008 — is, we believe, the first time the OSI board has been introduced to the public on-camera as a single body. We may have missed a member or two, but this is still a valuable introduction to the people who run OSI and how their meetings work.

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