<s>
Open	B-Application
Service	I-Application
Mesh	I-Application
(	O
OSM	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
cloud	B-General_Concept
native	I-General_Concept
service	B-General_Concept
mesh	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSM	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Go	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
and	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
reference	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Service	B-General_Concept
Mesh	I-General_Concept
Interface	O
(	O
SMI	O
)	O
specification	O
,	O
a	O
standard	O
interface	O
for	O
service	B-General_Concept
meshes	I-General_Concept
on	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Envoy	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
uniformly	O
manage	O
,	O
secure	O
,	O
and	O
get	O
out-of-the-box	O
observability	O
features	O
for	O
highly	O
dynamic	O
microservice	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
and	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
plans	O
to	O
donate	O
OSM	O
to	O
the	O
Cloud	B-Application
Native	I-Application
Computing	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
community-led	O
and	O
has	O
open	O
governance	O
.	O
</s>
