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Perl Foundation. About the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use. The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available and useable under an OSI-certified open source license.

OSGeo has US 501(c)(4) legal status. OSGeo Mission Statement OSGeo Goals The following more detailed goals support the overall mission: Foundation Details. The Cyc Foundation. Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. Standards Foundation. Home » About » XMPP Standards Foundation The XMPP Standards Foundation (formerly the Jabber Software Foundation) is an independent, nonprofit standards development organization whose primary mission is to define open protocols for presence, instant messaging, and real-time communication and collaboration on top of the IETF’s Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). The XSF also provides information and infrastructure to the worldwide community of Jabber/XMPP developers, service providers, and end users. At the core of the XSF is its elected Membership who, in turn, elect a Council (the technical leadership) and Board (the business leadership). If you have an interest in XMPP, it is straightforward to become a Member of the XSF.

If you have any questions about the XMPP Standards Foundation, visit the contact page or get in touch with the Executive Director directly. Sakai Project | collaboration and learning - for educators by educators. The Shuttleworth Foundation is an innovative non-profit organisation. Open Source Applications Foundation - Welcome.

Eclipse Foundation

Apache Software Foundation. Mozilla Foundation. The Linux Foundation.