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. GNOME Foundation
3. Mozilla Foundation (Firefox et al.)

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