--- title: TYPO3 Association Joins Open Source Initiative as Affiliate Member url: "https://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-joins-open-source-initiative-as-affiliate-member" description: The T3A joins OSI with a shared commitment to open source community-development, education and promotion of non-proprietary software. image: "https://news.typo3.com/_assets/d1e01514e4c4a5b3147940fa2ec50682/Images/og-image-news.jpg" date: 2026-06-11 modified: 2026-06-11 categories: - The Project --- # TYPO3 Association Joins Open Source Initiative as Affiliate Member - [The Project](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/the-project) TYPO3 Association Joins Open Source Initiative as Affiliate Member ================================================================== 05 December 2014 The T3A joins OSI with a shared commitment to open source community-development, education and promotion of non-proprietary software. - ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bbf959d8e683550c90ae922aff9145d8.jpeg)[News team](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/news-team) **Dec. 4, 2014 - PALO ALTO, Calif.** -- The TYPO3 Association, a non-profit organization founded to ensure the sustained and long-term development of the various TYPO3 software projects--including the highly flexible, scaleable and customizable TYPO3 Web Content Management system--has joined the Open Source Initiative ® (OSI) as an Affiliate Member. TYPO3 supports an international community of users and developers through: internal and external communication, spreading knowledge and competence; organizing informational and training events, and; securing trademark rights in the interest of the TYPO3 community. "*TYPO3 has had sharing and open source in their DNA from the start of their project, as evident from their project motto 'Inspiring People to Share*'," said Leslie Hawthorn, OSI Board Director. "*We're thrilled to have the TYPO3 project join us as an affiliate member*." "*The TYPO3 Association shares the OSI's goals of open source community-building, education, and promotion of non-proprietary software,*" said Olivier Dobberkau, President of the TYPO3 Association. "*By joining the Open Source Initiative, the TYPO3 Association can extend our own efforts in fostering open source development while serving as a tangible example of the promise of open source software: better quality, higher reliability, flexibility, and lower costs.*" ### **About TYPO3** TYPO3 ([http://association.typo3.org](http://association.typo3.org/)) is an open source project, which offers highly flexible, scalable, and customizable products for Web Content Management, providing the basis for websites, intranets and web & mobile applications worldwide, always with a focus on the current needs of businesses and public institutions. The TYPO3 products are built, managed, and used by a huge active community spread all over the world. ### **About the Open Source Initiative** Founded in 1998, the Open Source Initiative ([http://opensource.org](http://opensource.org/)) protects and promotes open source by providing a foundation for community success. It champions open source in society through education, infrastructure and collaboration. The OSI is a California public benefit corporation, with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. *Source: * ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/b5c88386e5b1d8fca79d0652427922d2.jpeg) About the Author [News team](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/news-team) [More posts by this author](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/news-team)