Free Software Cooperatives

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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>


France

  1. BearsTech; "une société de services en logiciel libre spécialisée dans l'hébergement et l'administration système" ; "la coopérative de production (SCOP), à taille humaine, avec un mode de gestion démocratique et une idée du management furieusement novatrice. "
  2. Easter Eggs [1] - 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." [2]


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 has members in London, Norfolk, Somerset, Berkshire, Cumbria and Edinburgh; formed 2002, the co-op hosts sites, develops web apps and managers servers for most sectors (including commercial); committed to Free and Open Source Software, the co-op includes a debian developer and a former Koha release manager; contact via http://www.software.coop/contact/
  2. Webarchitects: a Sheffield based Co-operative who have been producing websites in the progressive, educational and community sectors for over a decade; "We use and develop Free-Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) in all our work, and are able to provide sysadmin support on Client and third party servers. We are committed to sustainable development and aim to deliver all our services using renewable energy."


see also:

  1. The Open Co-op, UK

US

  1. Chicago Technology Cooperative
  2. Electric Embers Cooperative: "an ecologically, economically, and socially responsible worker cooperative that provides Internet hosting services and support to nonprofits, cooperatives, artists, and others contributing to the common good." (West Coast)
  3. Flywheel Tech Collective, Cleveland
  4. GaiaHost: "Internet hosting services from a worker-owned cooperative dedicated to environmental and social sustainability"
  5. Gnusha [3], USA (into open manufacturing, hacklab/fablab infrastructues, etc.)
  6. May First: May First/People Link is a politically progressive member-run and controlled organization that redefines the concept of "Internet Service Provider" in a collective and collaborative way.
  7. TechCollective (Bay Area)


See also:

Others

  1. Ikusnet - Spain
  2. Koumbit, http://koumbit.org/en - Canada
  3. OS Alliance, Austria, "Georg Pleger" <gp@osalliance.com> ; Roland Alton-Scheidl <ras@osalliance.com>; Eric Poscher <ep@osalliance.com>
  4. 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>
  3. Video: Richard Esplin on Open Source Cooperative Models for Software and Technology

Related Initiatives

  1. The Telekommunisten collective [[4]]
  2. Open Source Hackers Cooperative
  3. OpenCoopt, for nonprofits