Dear Commission Reviewer, The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a global charity central to the Open Source Community for over 25 years, recognized as the authority defining Open Source. We are pleased to provide input on the European Unions procurement legislation, focusing on digital solutions.
OSI
Open Source Initiative
NGO · United States · EU Transparency Register 672028337929-77
4
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 665 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1106 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #359 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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EP accreditations
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2020
in the register since
Declares membership of
- https://opensource.org/associations
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- West Hollywood, United states
- EU office
- Southampton
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Open Source Initiative filed 4 positions between 23 Jan 2023 and 18 Jul 2025, across 4 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2023 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed
What they argued
Please find below our feedback. For your convenience, it is also attached as a PDF with structured formatting. Dear Commission Reviewer, The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a global charity at the heart of the Open Source Community for over 25 years, recognized globally as the authority defining Open Source.
OSI recognise that the European Commission has framed an exception in recital 10 attempting to ensure the provisions of this proposed Act do not accidentally impact Open Source software. However, drawing on more than two decades of experience, we at the Open Source Initiative can clearly see that the current text will cause extensive problems for Open Source software.
Dear Commission Reviewer, The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a global charity at the heart of the Open Source Community for over 25 years, recognized globally as the authority defining Open Source. As an ETSI associate member, we have been involved in standardisation for seven years now, and in particular in the context of the Cyber Resilience Act.
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Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers, not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
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