Background - Initial Thoughts on a Non-Profit Foundation for Geospatial Projects

An introduction to the many reasons why establishing a non-profit foundation would be worth considering for several open source geospatial software projects. An initial set of documents for discussion purposes. Comments welcome and encouraged.

A Non-Profit Foundation for Geospatial Projects by Tyler Mitchell — last modified 2006-03-15 10:42

An introduction to the many reasons why establishing a foundation for geospatial software would be worth considering. An initial set of documents for discussion purposes, comments welcome.

What Do I Mean By "Foundation"? by Tyler Mitchell — last modified 2006-03-15 10:42

Describing and defining what I mean by the term "foundation"

Potential Tasks and Responsibilities by Tyler Mitchell — last modified 2006-03-15 10:42

Some of the things that a foundation could do.

Example Open Source Foundations by Tyler Mitchell — last modified 2006-03-15 10:42

A short list of other foundations that support open source software projects.

Other Foundation-related Links by Tyler Mitchell — last modified 2006-03-15 10:42

Some other references and resources worth knowing about.

Draft documents for establishing a foundation by Tyler Mitchell — last modified 2006-03-15 10:42

This is a collection of a variety of documents and ideas about starting a foundation. Some ideas are only mine, others have been gleaned from discussions on various discussion mailing list. These are only provided in draft form for discussion purposes and debate.

Potential Tasks (summary) by Tyler Mitchell — last modified 2006-03-15 10:42

A summary of potential foundation tasks and responsibilities. Based on the more verbose version "Potential Tasks and Responsibilities" document.