Policy

Policymakers around the world are developing policies that impact how software gets built and who gets to build it, see the latest now.

Looking back over a year’s worth of developer-first content moderation and, new in this report, making our data more accessible to researchers.

Our mission to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration requires us, from time to time, to fight against legal developments that would needlessly impair developers’ right to innovate. That’s why GitHub has filed an amicus brief in the appeal of Yout LLC v. Recording Industry of America, Inc.

Below are my prepared remarks delivered at the EU Open Source Policy Summit in Brussels on Feb 3rd.

In 2022, governments and the policy community spent a lot of time thinking about open source. Here’s what that means and why it matters.

How GitHub advocated for developer interests at the US Copyright Office technical measures consultations

Read about how the GitHub Social Impact, Tech for Social Good and Policy teams participated in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, including events we hosted with the World Health Organization and the UN Development Programme.

GitHub is sponsoring Open Source Initiative’s Deep Dive: AI because we think it’s important for the community to unpack how open source software, process, and principles can help best deliver on the promise of AI.

We’re excited that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched the 2022 edition of its Global Innovation Index (GII) with an indicator of developer creative outputs based on GitHub commits.

Access to the open internet is essential to defending human rights, and developers have an important role in promoting freedom of expression and transparency. GitHub is committed to keeping Iranians connected to the global developer community.

As the home for developers, we understand the key role our communities play in steering digital transformation and maintaining societal infrastructure. That’s why we choose to drive and support policies and initiatives like the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy. We’re committed to working with like-minded organizations, governments, and civil society to make digital technologies work for democracy and human rights, and we encourage you to join us in this pledge.

We’re reporting on a six-month period rather than annually to increase our level of transparency. For this report, we’ve continued with the more granular reporting we began in our 2021 reports.

We share a recap of a recent roundtable event about what a federal open source software policy could look like in the United States.

In GitHub’s latest transparency report, we’re giving you a by-the-numbers look at how we responded to requests for user info and content removal.

GitHub was honored to contribute to the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation 2.0.