The GNU Operating System Since 1983, developing the free UNIX style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.
FSF - Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation (FSF), established in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' rights to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs.
OpenPGP Alliance The OpenPGP Alliance is a growing group of companies and other organizations that are implementers of the OpenPGP Proposed Standard.
The Apache Software Foundation The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the Apache community of open-source software projects.
The Perl Foundation The Perl Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code.
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
Xiph.org The Xiph.Org Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests. Our purpose is to support and develop free, open protocols and software..
Center of the Public Domain Center of the Public Domain is a non-profit foundation that supports the growth of a healthy and rubost domain by establishing programs, grants, and partnerships in the areas of academic research, media, technology.
ibiblio ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.
Tux.Org Tux.Org is an umbrella organization supporting the efforts of Users Groups and Developers.
FSF - Free Software Foundation Europe FSF supports all European aspects of Free Software, especially the GNU Project. We are actively supporting development of Free Software and furthering GNU-based Operating Systems such as GNU/Linux.
AFFS - The Association for Free Software The Association for Free Software (AFFS) is a membership organisation which promotes and defends Free Software in the UK.
ANSOL - National Association for Free Software It is a Portuguese non-profit association dedicated to the promotion, development, research and study of Computing Freedom and its social, political philosophical, cultural, technical and scientific implications.
Associazione Software Libero Associazione Software Libero (Association for Free Software) is a non-profit legal body, whose main goals are the diffusion of Free Software in Italy and a correct information on this subject.
FFII - Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure The FFII is a non-profit association under German law that promotes a sustainable development of public information goods based on copyright, free competition and open standards.
FSNS - Free Software Network Serbia Free Software Network Serbia (FSNS) is organization that is formed and exists in goal to promote and defend free software and GNU philosophy in Serbian public.
IFSO - Irish Free Software Organisation The goals of Irish Free Software Organisation (IFSO) are to prevent changes in legisalation which would harm Free Software users and developers, and to promote awareness of Free Software among Irish computer users.
Organisation for Free Software in Education and Teaching OFSET is a not for profit French international association under the law of 1901. It has been set up in response to the slow development of free educational software for the GNU system.
Wilhelm Tux Campaign for Free Software. Swiss non-profit for Free Software.
Free / Open Source Research Community They invite researchers to post their papers on open source and free software there, and to add themselves to the research directory.
Institute for Software Research UC Institute for Software Research, Software Engineering, Interactive and Collaborative Technologies.
SPI Inc SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
Software Freedom Law Center The Software Freedom Law Center provides legal representation and other law related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software.
The Open Content Alliance (OCA) OCA represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content.
Mambo Foundation The Mambo Foundation is a non-profit corporation established to promote and protect the Mambo software. The Foundation operates on the behalf of Mambo and the membership of the Foundation and is self-governed by its members.