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Happenings in our Community

Podcast on Mentoring in Open Source

A week or so ago I had the opportunity to connect with my good friend Emily Lovell who is an OSPO Incubator Fellow at UC Santa Cruz and talk about Mentoring in Open Source. The podcast was led by J...
— Heidi Ellis 2024-06-30 23:48:03

Updates to the TOS Page

The HFOSS team has been working to update the TeachingOpenSource.org page. We’ve added a news feed and we’re working on updating the learning materials. If you have learning materials t...
— Heidi Ellis 2024-05-30 15:56:49

First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released

Today, we at SFC, along with our OpenWrt member project, announce the production release of the OpenWrt One. This is the first wireless Internet router designed and built with your software fre...

2024-11-29 18:05:07

2024 Fundraiser launches with historic match challenge!

The 2024 Software Freedom Conservancy match fundraiser launches today with an historic $204,887 match total! That means for every dollar you donate before January 15th 2025, our generous...

2024-11-26 19:41:22

Improving Open Source security with the new GitHub Secure Open Source Fund

Launched with a $1.25 million commitment from partners, the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund is designed to address a critical issue: the often-overlooked necessity of security for widely-used Open S...
— Nick Vidal 2024-12-03 13:15:37

Celebrating 5 years at the Open Source Initiative: a journey of growth, challenges, and community engagement

Reaching the five-year mark at the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has been a huge privilege. It’s been a whirlwind of progress, personal growth, and community engagement—filled with highs, great chal...
— Nick Vidal 2024-11-27 11:20:16