Open source organizations

These are a few of the many public and private sector organizations having an impact on open source. Have an open source organization you think we should recognize? Let us know.

 

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS

 

Apache Software Foundation 

http://www.apache.org/foundation

The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad range of open source software projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits contributors potential legal exposure.

Black Duck Software 

http://www.blackducksoftware.com/

Black Duck Software is the leading global provider of strategy, products, and services for enabling enterprise scale adoption of open source software (OSS). We believe the future of software development relies on the effective and informed use of open source software.

The Document Foundation

http://www.documentfoundation.org/

The Document Foundation is proud to be the home of LibreOffice, the next evolution of the world's leading free office suite. It is an independent self-governing meritocratic entity, created by former leading members of the OpenOffice.org Community, in the form of a charitable Foundation under German law (gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts).

Free Software Foundation 

http://www.fsf.org

Free software is about having control over the technology we use in our homes, schools and businesses, where computers work for our individual and communal benefit, not for proprietary software companies or governments who might seek to restrict and monitor us.

Kitware, Inc. 

http://www.kitware.com

Kitware, Inc. creates and supports leading edge, high quality software in the fields of computer vision, medical imaging, visualization, 3D data publishing, and technical software development. Kitware employs an open source development model to foster extended, collaborative communities, and an open source business model to provide flexible, low-cost technical solutions.

Linux Foundation

http://www.linuxfoundation.org

Since its inception in 1991, Linux has grown to become a force in computing, powering everything from the New York Stock Exchange to mobile phones to supercomputers to consumer devices. The Linux Foundation is the nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading technology companies and developers from around the world.

Linux Magazine 

http://www.linux-magazine.com

Linux Magazine covers a range of topics related to IT technology and innovative open source solutions. Linux Magazine articles emphasizes real-life, practical techniques, which has helped make it the fastest growing Linux magazine worldwide.

Ohloh

http://www.ohloh.net/

Ohloh is a free, public directory of Free and Open Source Software and the contributors who create and maintain it. Ohloh Code is a publicly available, free code search site that indexes most of the projects in Ohloh. It is owned and operated by Black Duck Software.

OpenHatch

https://openhatch.org/

OpenHatch is a non-profit dedicated to matching prospective free software contributors with communities, tools, and education.

Open Source Geospatial Foundation

http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is an umbrella foundation for the support of collaborative development of open source geospatial software. All major GIS related software projects are involved; furthermore it includes educational outreach, public geodata and growing communities.

Open Source For America (OSFA) 

http://opensourceforamerica.org

Open Source for America (OSFA) seeks to raise awareness in the U.S. Federal Government about the benefits of open source software. OSFA hopes to encourage the government's utilization of open source software participation in open source software projects, and incorporation of open source community dynamics to enable transparency.

Open Source Initiative 

http://www.opensource.org

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation with global scope formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community.

OpenCourseWare Consortium 

http://www.ocwconsortium.org

The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of universities and associated organizations committed to advancing OpenCourseWare and its impact on global education. OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free and open digital publication of high quality university‐level educational materials.

OpenSource Magazine 

http://opensource.sys-con.com

OpenSource Magazine in an online news site covering technology and issues related to open source, open web 2.0, JAVA, Eclipse, Linux, and more. 

Oregon State University (OSU) Open Source Lab 

http://osuosl.org

The Oregon State University Open Source Lab is the home of growing, high-impact open source communities. Its world-class hosting services enable the Linux operating system, Apache web server, the Drupal content management system and over 50 other leading open source software projects to collaborate with contributors and distribute software to millions of users globally. 

Red Hat 

http://www.redhat.com

Founded in 1993, Red Hat is the leader in enterprise Linux and is the most recognized open source brand in the world. We serve global enterprises with technology and services made possible by the open source model.