Organizations

International and other Regional Free and Open Source Software organizations

Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-08-09 11:17 PM

The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) is an organization that was formed to promote the use of Open Source software in Africa. FOSSFA brings together a consortium of partners in Education, Health and Governments to work towards the achievement of ICT objectives in Africa using Open Source software. The 53 member states of the Committee on Development Information (CODI), a unit of the Economic Commission for Africa endorsed FOSSFA as the open source foundation for Africa. FOSSFA's secretariat is based in Nairobi Kenya.

Software Freedom Day by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-09-05 01:57 PM

The umbrella organization for Software Freedom Day

Asia Open Source Software Community by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-09-06 01:50 PM

Organized by CICC Japan, which holds sympnosiums towards greater co-operation for free and open source software amongst Asian countries

Open Source Centroamerica by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-05-24 10:15 AM

An organization to aggregate disparate efforts by small organizations, at times formal and informal, and individuals using open source in Central America.