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OpenChain Policy Template Updated

By 2025-05-14News

The OpenChain Project publishes a template for making open source policies. This is a non-prescriptive document that provides plenty of options for policy development for organizations of all sizes.

With huge thanks to Gary Armstrong over at FOSSID (and to Andrew Katz, Education Chair, for the merge), please find below a new version of the OpenChain open source policy template:

(You can also find the old version at the same link)

The updated policy template improves the content, formatting and fixes bugs, and it a recommended upgrade for anyone using our template to help develop or refine open source policy in organizations. 

Interested in Helping?

The OpenChain Policy Template is a living document (just like all our reference library). We activity welcome feedback and suggestions for improvement from everyone involved in open source and open innovation.

You can be part of the process by joining our Education Work Group mailing list:

You can also open issues on our Reference Library on GitHub if you prefer: