ossbase.org develops and promotes practical initiatives that improve openness, collaboration, and sustainability in digital commons.
Current initiatives include:
- Open Contributions Descriptor (OCD) — a machine-readable way for organizations to publish their open source, open data, and open standards activity.
- CLA Free — guidance to prefer a Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) over Contributor License Agreements (CLAs).
CLA free
CLA Free Initiative, Embracing Open Source with Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) Introduction: Understanding CLA and DCO In the open source community, contributions and…
Open Contributions Descriptor (OCD)
The Open Contributions Descriptor (OCD) is an open, machine-readable JSON format that lets an organization publish a single, structured description of how it contributes to the…
