The Open Source Initiative (OSI) Admits Losing Revenue This Past Year

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-06-16 18:30:12 UTC
Modified: 2022-06-16 18:30:12 UTC

Recent: In the Latest OSI Tax Filing (From the IRS), Filed 13 Months Ago, Only 4% of the Revenue Comes From Members (People, Not Corporations) and $252,702 Goes to Microsoft Projects (Propping Up Proprietary Software Monopoly)

From OSI's own blog (about two hours ago). Did more people cancel (realising their money had gone into openwashing)?

Summary: The way things are going, sooner or later only 2% of the OSI's money will be coming from actual people (and 98% come from corporations like Microsoft, for which OSI is advocating proprietary software like GitHub)

Bonus: We now know OSI has rigged elections too.

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