“Joining OSI marks a major step in our commitment to our #opensource community & #OSS movement.” – @jbarciauskashttps://t.co/59UO16cnuD
— OpenSourceInitiative (@OpenSourceOrg) October 11, 2016
“We look forward to working w/OSI to promote…#opensource collaboration.” – @jbarciauskas, Engineering Mgr., @OpenEdX https://t.co/59UO16tYTd
— OpenSourceInitiative (@OpenSourceOrg) October 11, 2016
edX has highlighted its commitment to the open source community and movement by joining as affiliate member the “Open Source Initiative” (OSI), a recognized organization for reviewing and approving licenses as Open Source Definition (OSD)-conformant.
Last year year the the OSI extended its Affiliate Member program to include institutions of higher education, recognizing the growing engagement with open source on campuses.
“EdX, as both an open source project and an educational initiative, serves as a model for higher education where a commitment to not only open source licensing but also an open source ethos fosters ‘a thriving worldwide community of educators and technologists who share innovative solutions to benefit students everywhere,’” said Patrick Masson, OSI General Manager referring to the Open edX mission.
“At edX, we’ve always had a deep commitment to open source. We cemented that commitment in 2013 when we first released the platform under the AGPL license in collaboration with Stanford University,” said Joel Barciauskas, Engineering Manager at Open edX.
Press Release: “Open Source Initiative Welcomes Open edX as Newest Affiliate Member”