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

US

1. Network of American Tech Worker Cooperatives discussion list ; How to guide
2. Chicago Technology Cooperative
3. Gnusha [1], USA (into open manufacturing, hacklab/fablab infrastructues, etc.)
4. TechCollective (Bay Area)

Others

1. Easter Eggs [2] - France
2. Ikusnet - Spain
3. Koumbit, http://koumbit.org/en - Canada
4. OS Alliance, Austria, "Georg Pleger" <gp@osalliance.com> ; Roland Alton-Scheidl <ras@osalliance.com>; Eric Poscher <ep@osalliance.com>
5. Pong - Switzerland

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 KunLabori Collaborative, Sweden (no longer active, according to Josef Davies-Coates, May 2008)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