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

Others

1. Easter Eggs [2] - France: "We're all hackers (actually 12 hackers + 3 commercial) and work for customers on various free software to make money. On our spare time, we hack upon free software on our spare time. We are based on a democratic system where all co-workers have one voice to elect the CEO for the coming year, and vote for various needed stuff. We have all the same salary (even commercial) and we share benefits every year. It exists since 11 years." [3]
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 KunLabori Collaborative, Sweden (no longer active, according to Josef Davies-Coates, May 2008)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 [[4]]
2. Open Source Hackers Cooperative