Peter Cihon
Peter Cihon
In conversations with researchers following https://github.com/github/developer-policy/issues/3, it became clear that a data dictionary explaining GitHub data entities to a broad audience would be useful. This is our initial draft. Contributions...
GitHub Policy is working to represent the interests of developers with EU policymakers as they consider the Cyber Resilience Act. We filed [comment with the European Commission](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13410-Cyber-resilience-act-new-cybersecurity-rules-for-digital-products-and-ancillary-services/F3376627_en) to propose several...
The GitHub Policy Team is interested in supporting research on the economic impact of open source. Check out our [blog on the topic](https://github.blog/2022-01-20-open-source-creates-value-but-how-do-you-measure-it/), which cites some good past research and...
## Opportunities for Researchers Studying Labor Market Impacts of AI The labor market implications of recent developments in AI, particularly generative AI systems or foundation models, are important but under-studied....
For the first time, developers' contributions to innovation on GitHub are included in the World Intellectual Property Organization's [Global Innovation Index](https://www.wipo.int/global_innovation_index/en/). The measure is defined as > GitHub commit pushes...
Earlier this year, we announced our interest in supporting research that [measures the economic value of OSS](https://github.com/github/developer-policy/issues/3). We’ve enjoyed connecting with many researchers doing or planning interesting research in this...