Members Newsletter – June 2026
Dear OSI community,
“What do you think the first three months on the job will look like?”
If you had asked me this question in April, I might have listed a hundred observations about community meetings, operations, fundraising, messaging, or strategy. Nowhere in that list would I have said “I expect to be invited to address the G7 Digital and Technology Ministers.” But thanks to the excellent work of our policy staff, that’s exactly what happened. 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 inclusion of Open Source principles.
The policy landscape continues to evolve and mature with regards to Open Source – funding it, securing it, legislating it. I’m incredibly proud of our policy team and their ability to stay on top of these changes. When legislators propose new policies that impact the Open Source ecosystem, it is vital that we help them understand the benefits of Open Source, how it works, and the freedoms, trust, and innovation that it enables, so they produce policies and legislation that support and protect Open Source for all of us.
