Austria

• Creative Commons Austria was the 7th national team to launch the localized Creative Commons licenses in 2004.

• Global_Villages initiated by Franz Nahrada is a current of its own, seeking to combine elements of P2P culture with focus on local development and self-reliance, especially in rural areas.

• OLCOS, the Open eLearning Content Observatory Services project (1/2006-12/2007) coordinated by the Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft aims at building an information and observation centre for promoting the concept, production and usage of open educational resources, in particular, open digital educational content (ODEC) in Europe.

• The OS Alliance is a free software cooperative.

• quintessenz: "Our mission is the restoration of civil rights that have been abolished by technical means during the first stage of the information revolution."

• Tiroler Stunde is a Complementary Currency Initiative encouraging the production of commons.