Non-Profit Centers for FLOSS Development

Bradley M. Kuhn

Sunday 15 September 2013

My History

A Brief Non-Profit Free Software History

Some FSF History

The Rise of the Volunteers

The Rise of “Open Source”

For-Profit vs. Non-Profit

For-Profit-Employee “Volunteers”


It’s the duty of all Free Software developers to steal as much time as they can from their employers for software freedom.

— Jeremy Allison, Director, Conservancy & Co-Founder, Samba Project

What Can NPOs Do?

Why Do We Need Non-Profits?

Quick Analogy

The Pet Industry

A Very Few Words On Licensing

More Info / Talk License

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