Free Software Cooperatives

Overview page.

Examples

Argentina

1. Cooperativa de Trabajo Tecso Limitada
2. Gcoop - Argentina; pablo@gcoop.com.ar

Brazil

1. Colivre Cooperativa de Tecnologias Livres
2. SOLIS - Brazil, Júnior Mulinari <junior@solis.coop.br>

Also:

• Joice Käfer <joice@brod.com.br>

India

1. OSSICS, Kerala, India
2. WikiOcean, Pune, India, uses Weko/Reppo based governance system. Contact for info: pungaliya.ag@gmail.com

UK

1. software.coop is present in North West and London, but also in the South West England; contact via http://www.software.coop/contact/

see also:

1. The Open Co-op, UK

Others

1. Chicago Technology Cooperative
2. Easter Eggs [1] - France
3. Ikusnet - Spain
4. Koumbit, http://koumbit.org/en - Canada
5. OS Alliance, Austria, "Georg Pleger" <gp@osalliance.com> ; Roland Alton-Scheidl <ras@osalliance.com>; Eric Poscher <ep@osalliance.com>
6. Pong - Switzerland
7. Gnusha [2], USA (into open manufacturing, hacklab/fablab infrastructues, etc.)

Other contacts:

1. Rama <rama@xicnet.com>

Inactive?:

1. KunLabori Collaborative, Sweden (no longer active, according to Josef Davies-Coates, May 2008)

See also:

1. HostSharing eG - a german coop specialising on ISP Services

More Information

1. Spanish-language discussion list, maintained by Gcoop in Argentina: Cooperativismo y el Software Libre
2. Cooperativas de Software Livre <cooperativas@listas.softwarelivre.org>

Related Initiatives

1. The Telekommunisten collective [[3]]