Organization Open Source Initiative (OSI), tested by licenses for compliance with the Open Source criteria, adopted Decision to re-election of the Governing Council For identifying vulnerability in a voting platform, which was used to distort the results of the elections.
At the moment, the vulnerability is blocked and an independent examination is attracted to determine the consequences of hacking. Details of the incident will be published after the completion of the proceedings. Initially, repeated elections were planned to spend from March 23 to April 2, but this decision was revised and re-voting postponed until the investigation of the consequences of hacking.
Recall that in addition to checking licenses for compliance with the Open Source criteria, the activities of the organization Open Source Initiative is also associated with maintaining a single advisory body in which various participants Open Source movements can produce solutions on the face of the entire community in matters affecting all, for example, in case of threats of possible patent pressure on open software. In addition, OSI fulfills the role of a link between the various parts of the community for organizing closer cooperation and is engaged in educational activities related to the clarification of the essence of Open Source.