Will unveil stable release of the Open Source AI Definition.

The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the maintainer of the Open Source Definition, is nearing the culmination of a two-year quest to gather input from the global Open Source community and establish a standard Open Source AI Definition (OSAID). Version 0.0.9 was released on August 22, and since then they have continued their worldwide roadshow, visiting Hong Kong for AI_dev and Beijing for Open Source Congress. Conversations are happening online as well as in weekly town halls, and there are still several more conferences where public discussions and recommendations will continue leading up to All Things Open. It is there, in Raleigh, that they will unveil the stable release of the Open Source AI Definition.

With the release of new AI models claiming to be Open Source nearly every week, it was crucial to ensure that the voices of the global Open Source community were heard, and not just the largest, most powerful corporations. The Open Source AI Definition revolves around the ability to freely use, study, modify and share an AI system. Learn more in the Open Source Initiative track at All Things Open.

Schedule

This track will take place Tuesday, October 29 in Room 304.

• 11:30 am – Panel: Doing Business with Open Source, Ann Schlemmer (CEO at Percona), Chad Whitacre (Head of Open Source at Sentry), Jessisca Garson (Senior Developer Advocate at Elastic), Moderated by Tracy Hinds (Board Member at OSI)
• 12:45 pm – Open Source AI Definition Stable Release Presentation, Stefano Maffulli (Executive Director at OSI) and Mer Joyce (Founder at Do Big Good)
• 1:45 pm – Panel: Ask The Board Anything, panelists TBC
• 2:45 pm – Public Policy and the Open Source Ecosystem – A Current View, Deborah Bryant (US Policy Director at OSI)
• 3:45 pm – The Open Source Initiative in 2025, Nick Vidal (Community Manager at OSI), Ariel Jolo (Program Coordinator at OSI)

Speakers