OpenInfra Foundation: We build communities who write software that runs in production
(openinfra.org)
organisationsteward of OpenStack and related open infrastructure projects, run on its Four Opens principles
Linux Foundation - Decentralized innovation, built with trust
(linuxfoundation.org)
organisationNeutral host for the kernel and 1300+ other projects, plus open hardware and standards work
Software Freedom Law Center
(softwarefreedom.org)
newslegal counsel for FOSS projects and foundations: licensing, nonprofit structure and code-of-conduct practice
Welcome to The Apache Software Foundation | Apache Software Foundation
(apache.org)
organisation501(c)(3) giving projects a neutral home: legal umbrella, infrastructure and community-over-code rules
About Us | Global Open Source Leadership
(Eclipse Foundation)
organisationVendor-neutral steward hosting 450+ projects including Jakarta EE and Adoptium, funded by 300+ members
The Mozilla Manifesto
(Mozilla)
articleTen principles on internet openness and privacy, plus the 2017 Pledge for a Healthy Internet
KDE e.V. Homepage
(KDE e.V.)
organisationRegistered non-profit handling KDE's legal and financial affairs, membership and patron sponsorship
GNOME Foundation
(GNOME Foundation)
organisationNonprofit holding GNOME's funds, trademarks and infrastructure; elected board and annual reports
FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
(FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe)
newsEuropean charity founded 2001, pressing for user control of technology in EU and national politics
copyleft-next
(next.copyleft.org)
referenceOpen drafting project for a rewritten, shorter copyleft licence; editors Fontana and Kuhn, hosted by SFC
Debian Social Contract
(debian.org)
referenceThe DFSG and Debian's five promises; the text the Open Source Definition was derived from
Contributor Covenant | A Code of Conduct for Digital Communities
(contributor-covenant.org)
referencethe most widely adopted community conduct text, with an interactive builder for tailoring it
Developer Certificate of Origin
(developercertificate.org)
referenceVerbatim v1.1 text of what a contributor certifies by adding a Signed-off-by line to a patch
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
(catb.org)
articleRaymond's evolving essays on bazaar-style development, hacker history and open-source economics
Raise, manage and disburse money with full transparency.
(opencollective.com)
toolFiscal hosting with public ledgers for unincorporated projects; nonprofit hosts in the US, EU, UK, NZ
The Austin Common Standards Revision Group
(opengroup.org)
referenceJoint IEEE/ISO/Open Group body drafting POSIX and Base Specifications revisions; draft status news