FLOSS Foundations

FLOSS Foundations = an informal grouping of leaders of the non-profit foundations involved in open and free software projects

URL = http://flossfoundations.org/

Can also be used as a concept to denote such foundations independently of this initiative

Directory

1. Document Foundation (Open Office)
2. Drupal Association
3. GNOME Foundation
4. Linux Foundation
5. Mozilla Foundation (Firefox et al.)
6. Wikimedia Foundation

Related initiatives:

1. Access Foundation
2. Free Culture Foundation
3. Free Software Foundation
4. Internet Governance Project ; Internet Governance Forum
5. Open Design Foundation
6. Open Knowledge Foundation
7. Open Source Geospatial Foundation
8. Participatory Culture Foundation
9. Participatory Politics Foundation

Case Studies

1. GNU Compiler Collection - Governance

Related:

1. Burning Man - Governance
2. Creative Commons - Governance
3. FLOSS - Governance
4. ThinkCycle - Governance
5. Wikipedia - Governance

Related Concepts

1. Peer Governance

More Information

1. Updates via http://delicious.com/mbauwens/FLOSS-Foundations
2. for the relations between communities and such foundations, see the study: Managing Boundaries between Organizations and Communities