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Open Source Initiative

Non-profit organization promoting open-source software
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Summary

Open Source Initiative is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,455 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Digital Public Goods Alliance[3], Re:Create Coalition[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Founder: Bruce Perens[6], Eric S. Raymond[7]
  • Headquarters location: El Camino Real[8]
  • Commons category: Open Source Initiative[9]
  • Chairperson: Molly de Blanc[10], Robin Riley[11], Stefano Maffulli[12]
  • Inception: February 1998[13]
  • Official website: https://opensource.org/[14]
  • Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[15], nonprofit organization[16]
  • Short name: OSI[17]
  • Different from: Open Systems Interconnection[18]
  • Total revenue: 402,967 euro[19], 739,664 US dollars[20], 326,481 US dollars[21], 811,527 US dollars[22], 30,424 US dollars[23], 33,981 US dollars[24], 117,084 US dollars[25], 151,741 US dollars[26], 183,072 US dollars[27], 209,500 US dollars[28], 555,610 US dollars[29], 343,964 US dollars[30]
  • Total assets: 770,719 US dollars[31], 533,392 US dollars[32], 896,360 US dollars[33], 71,673 US dollars[34], 79,869 US dollars[35], 58,236 US dollars[36], 38,058 US dollars[37], 60,647 US dollars[38], 84,732 US dollars[39], 279,846 US dollars[40], 323,044 US dollars[41], 586,633 US dollars[42]
  • Interested in: open source[43]
  • Donations: 151,247 euro[44], 739,259 US dollars[45], 325,146 US dollars[46], 790,562 US dollars[47], 186,831 US dollars[48], 555,458 US dollars[49], 340,557 US dollars[50], 29,728 US dollars[51], 27,357 US dollars[52], 117,035 US dollars[53], 139,107 US dollars[54], 171,270 US dollars[55]
  • Social media followers: 46,920[56], 54,312[57], 60,085[58]
  • Mastodon instance URL: https://social.opensource.org[59]

Why It Matters

Open Source Initiative has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Related Entities

Allison Randal American International University West Africa Brandeis University Bruce Perens EleutherAI Eric S. Raymond FUSS Simon Phipps United States V M Brasseur

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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