Related Efforts

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This page contains pointers to projects that have something in common with the Foss2serve effort to help students contribute to HFOSS.


  • Benetech - "develops innovative and effective technology applications for unmet social needs" Work includes significant HFOSS activities.


  • Social Coding 4 Good - Connected to Benetech. "Every day, there are thousands of people using technology tools to make a positive difference in millions of people’s lives. SocialCoding4Good is committed to providing a platform that amplifies this impact."


  • IEEE EPICS - Engineering Projects in Community Service is a "program that organizes university and high-school students to work on engineering-related projects for local humanitarian organizations."


  • OSI FLOW Syllabus - "a thoughtfully curated guide to the domains of community knowledge that will help anyone involved in creating, maintaining or deploying Free/Libre/Open Works."
  • Open Academy "provides practical software engineering experiences through collaboration with top universities and open source projects around the world."
  • Open Government A GitHub showcase of open source sponsored by government organizations.
  • Tech Impact "Our mission is to empower communities and nonprofits to use technology to better serve our world."
  • CROSS - The Center for Research in Open Source Software - "Bridging the gap between student work and open source projects"


Courses

Courses with significant components related to open source, application of technology for humanitarian purposes, or both.


Other


  • TOS textbook draft - Draft of a textbook for teaching about open source and how to be a participant
  • Free Technology Academy - "The Free Technology Academy (FTA) aims to contribute to a society that permits all users to study, participate and build upon existing knowledge without restrictions. The FTA offers an online master level programme with course modules about Free Technologies."
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