OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE (OSI) ANNOUNCES NEW AFFILIATE MEMBERS

By Leslie Hawthorn
March 12, 2014

Palo Alto, California — The Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org) is very pleased to announce Puerto Rico Python Interest Group has joined the OSI as an Affiliate Member.

The Puerto Rico Python Interest Group (PRPIG) was founded on the premise of providing an alternative to an entrenched proprietary software industry in Puerto Rico.  An industry that prior to the arrival of PRPIG, failed to provide any user community based on any the leading proprietary software development technologies.   
PRPIG’s mission is to build a sustainable software development user community in Puerto Rico.  To that end, our advocacy and support of open source software development methodologies provides an alternative that champions the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process.  
Moving forward, PRPIG intends on continuing to offer free workshops and seminars to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source.  To grow our community and increase our reach we will continue to build bridges among different constituencies, focusing especially on high school and university students.  Our belief is that by exposing students to the open source definition, we can illustrate the promise of open source and provide a viable alternative to predatory vendor lock-in.

About the Open Source Initiative

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a California public benefit corporation, with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, founded in 1998. The OSI is the stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD) and the community-recognized body for reviewing and approving licenses as OSD-conformant and is also actively involved in Open Source community-building, education, and public advocacy to promote awareness and the importance of non-proprietary software. OSI Board members frequently travel the world to attend Open Source conferences and events, meet with open source developers and users, and to discuss with executives from the public and private sectors about how Open Source technologies, licenses, and models of development can provide economic and strategic advantages.

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