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The next POSSE Workshop is November 13-15, Santa Clara, CA.
This POSSE is full, so applications have closed.
Happenings in our Community
- I am looking forward to the SIGCSE Affiliated event on HFOSS Education. COVID set back many academic communities for a couple of years as we focused on both caring for and educating students in cha...
- — Heidi Ellis 2025-02-20 16:54:17
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
Comprehensive Response to Bambu's AGPLv3 Violations
Software Freedom Conservancy (“SFC”) announces a new initiative regarding the software right to repair for users and consumers of 3D printers manufactured by Bambu Lab....
- 2026-05-18 20:28:46
Submit your #FOSSY26 talk proposals by May 22 June 1ˢᵗ
The fourth edition of FOSSY — the Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference — will be here before you know it. It's happening August 6th-9th in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- 2026-04-23 20:16:26
From G7’s Vision on AI Openness to EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package
- Members Newsletter – June 2026 If you look at the G7’s Vision on AI Openness or the European Union’s Tech Sovereignty Package, you can see where the OSI has been working to advocate for mindful inc...
- — Nick Vidal 2026-06-10 13:07:54
OSI welcomes the European Union’s “Tech Sovereignty” package
- The European Union (EU) published its “Tech Sovereignty” package, with a vision that puts Open Source at the heart of the EU’s digital sovereignty ambitions, while addressing many concerns and requ...
- — Jordan Maris 2026-06-05 11:01:26
