20th Anniversary of Open Source
The Open Source Initiative will celebrate its 20th Anniversary in 2018. In the true open source spirit, we would like to invite everyone in the open source community to participate. Please join and help us make this celebration a true representation of the passion, diversity, and creativity of the open source software community!
Key Opportunities:
- Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Open Source Software: Commemorate the success of open source (your successes) and the Open Source Initiative’s role in building awareness, adoption and communities over 20 years.
- Share Your Open Source Success Story: Highlight the significant accomplishments and contributions that have made open source software a valued asset and community for your organization.
- Join the Open Source Initiative Connect with a global network of highly qualified peers to exchange ideas and create solutions. Your experience and leadership will help build the “next 20 years” of open source.
The GPLv1 was published in 1989 - that's 28 years by my count, the FSF dates back to 1985, and open source software published to the public domain dates back to the 1950s. For the Open Source Initiative to claim that it's anniversary is the "anniversary of open source" is a bit presumptuous - kind of like Shiva Ayyadurai claiming to have "invented email."