Editing Open Source Initiative (section)

== Controversy ==

In October 2009, the OSI lost its corporate status, having been suspended by the state of California for failing to submit paperwork on time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Source Initiative loses corporate status [LWN.net] |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/355712/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=lwn.net}}</ref>

In January 2020, founder Bruce Perens left OSI over controversy regarding a new license (the Cryptographic Autonomy License), which had been proposed for the OSI's approval.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sdtimes.com/os/osi-co-founder-leaves-initiative-over-new-license/|title=OSI co-founder leaves initiative over new license|first=Christina|last=Cardoza|date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> Later, in August 2020, Perens elaborated on his concerns: "We created a tower of babel of licenses. We did not design-in license compliance, and we have a tremendous noncompliance problem that isn't getting better. We can't afford to sue our copyright infringers."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/10-what-comes-after-open-source/|title=What comes after Open Source?|website=DebConf20|first=Bruce|last=Perens|date=2020-08-24|access-date=2021-06-01}}</ref><ref name="i-programmer_info">{{Cite web|url=https://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/13535-co-founder-of-osi-banned-from-.html|title=Co-founder of OSI Banned From Mailing Lists|website=www.i-programmer.info}}</ref>

Eric S. Raymond, another co-founder of the OSI, was later banned from the OSI mailing list in March 2020.<ref name="i-programmer_info" /> He had claimed "OSI has been suborned and is betraying its founding commitment to freedom" the month prior, taking exception to proposed licensing changes that "would be a direct and egregious violation of OSI's charter and [his] intentions in founding OSI".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-27 |title=The right to be rude – Armed and Dangerous |url=http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8609 |access-date=2024-11-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The October 2024 release of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) was controversial, opening up new disagreements and considerable ill-feeling.<ref name="critics">{{Cite web |last=Gall |first=Richard |date=2024-11-18 |title=The Open Source AI Definition: What the Critics Say |url=https://thenewstack.io/the-open-source-ai-definition-what-the-critics-say/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=The New Stack |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2025 a petition has been made "to release the complete, unaltered results of its 2025 Board of Directors elections". One of the argument of the petition's authors is that by "removing candidates and votes after voting concluded, OSI has damaged its credibility".<ref>{{Cite web |last=OSI-Concerns |title=election-results-2025 |url=https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Codeberg.org |language=en-US}}</ref>