Who founded the Open Source Initiative?

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) was founded by Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens. These two individuals played pivotal roles in advocating for and defining open-source software principles, distinguishing the movement from the free software movement, which was championed by Richard Stallman.

Here’s a bit about the other options:

• Richard Stallman is well-known for founding the Free Software Foundation and initiating the free software movement, which has a slightly different philosophy compared to open-source software, focusing more on the ethical and moral aspects of software freedom.
• Linus Torvalds is famous for developing the Linux kernel but is not a founder of the OSI. He is more directly associated with the practical development of open-source software rather than the foundational or advocacy aspects of the open-source movement.
• University of California at Berkeley is linked to the development of the BSD licenses and had significant contributions to early Unix-based operating systems and software, but it did not found the OSI.

Thus, the correct choices are Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens.