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The Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides support for the Apache community of open-source software projects. The Apache Software Foundation hosts over fifty open source projects that share a common culture of collaborative development. The foundation is best known for its Apache HTTP Server – a web server.  Apache is also a part of LAMP.

The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized community of developers. The software they produce is distributed under the terms of the Apache License and is therefore free and open source software (FOSS). The Apache projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus-based development process and an open and pragmatic software license. Each project is managed by a self-selected team of technical experts who are active contributors to the project.

Canonical is the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu project – an Open Source operating system.

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This is a project to build an Open Source, Flexible Manufacturing System. The objective is to provide a modular framework for open manufacturing. The means to that end are: standard aluminium extrusion frames at sizes in increments of 1 “metric foot” (30cm) with the following 5 solutions built into each frame: 1) Structure -to mount a process into. 2) Power bus -for connection to power. 3) EtherCAT…

All system plans, software and componentdesigns will be freely downloadable as they become available. contributions from users to improve existing designs or submit new ones will be encouraged.

Linux is a free Unix-type operating system created by Linus Torvalds and developers around the world. Predominately known for its use in servers, it is also installed on a variety of computer hardware, including embedded devices, mobile phones and supercomputers.

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Mozilla’s mission is to develop, deploy and promote free Mozilla software such as their web browser, Firefox, and their email applicaion, Thunderbird.

Mozilla is inspired by openness and participation in general. Not just in software, but also in how the web works. Making sure the web is built on these principles is critical. In relation to this goal, open approaches basically need to be at the core of everything Mozilla does.

Novell, Inc. is a global software and services company specializing in enterprise operating systems, such as SUSE Linux Enterprise and Novell NetWare; identity, security, and systems management solutions; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise and Novell Pulse.

The Novell Developer’s Community serves as a work space for developers to come and build upon or modify freely one of their enterprise systems, the SUSE Linux Enterprise. http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Developer_Home

OpenOffice.org is an international community of voluntary and sponsored contributors who produce the OpenOffice.org software – the leading alternative to Microsoft Office. The community aim to make the software accessible to as many people as possible by making it available free of charge for any purpose – domestic, educational, commercial, public administration, etc. The community aims to make the software available in any language (especially minority languages) and on every…

All the activities in OpenOffice.org community are open to anyone to participate. The Community attracts over 1,000 active contributors at any time who carry out the full range of activities of a software company: product development, porting, testing, documentation, translation, user support, marketing, etc. All the community’s activities are conducted in open forums on the internet; its annual conference is open to all comers, including commercial competitors. The source code…

Founded in January 2007, OW2 is an independent industry community dedicated to developing open source code infrastructure (middleware and generic applications) and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem.

Non-profit open source organization with transparent governance and decision process. Operates along five basic principles: Openness, Fairness, Trust, Transparency and Independence. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred open source projects, including Acceleo, ASM, Bonita, eXo Platorm, Funambol, JOnAS, Lomboz, Orbeon Forms, PetALS, SpagoBI and XWiki. One of he best kept secret in the industry, OW2 has local chapters in Europe, China and Brazil. The North America Chapter will be…

Red Hat is the most trusted open source software provider and the most recognized Linux brand in the world. Open source is a collaborative development method for software that harnesses the power of peer review and transparency of process to develop code that is freely accessible. Open source draws on an ecosystem of thousands of developers and customers all over the world to drive innovation. Red Hat is the…

Red Hat demonstrates openness with its development model, its business model, and by standing up for open source principles wherever and whenever possible. Red Hat participates directly in open source software development communities. It is the largest corporate contributor to the Linux Kernel, spending more that $100 million a year on research and development. Those innovations eventually make it back upstream for everyone to share. Open…

Digital film editing and manipulation software tools, responsible for the special FX in many recent feature films.

The software is licences under open-source licences allowing free manipulation of the special FX software.