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'''Open Knowledge Foundation''' ('''OKF''') is a global, non-profit network that promotes and shares information at no charge, including both content and data.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: About|url = https://okfn.org/about/|website = okfn.org|accessdate = 25 October 2015}}</ref> It was founded by [[Rufus Pollock]] on 20 May 2004 and launched on 24 May 2004<ref>{{cite web |url = http://blog.okfn.org/2004/05/24/open-knowledge-foundation-launched/|title = Open Knowledge Foundation launched|work = Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog|accessdate = 25 October 2015|date = 2004-05-24}}</ref> in [[Cambridge]], UK. It is incorporated in [[England]] and [[Wales]] as a [[private company limited by guarantee|company limited by guarantee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: About - Legal notice|url = https://okfn.org/about/|website = okfn.org|accessdate = 28 July 2019}}</ref> Between May 2016 and May 2019 the organisation was named ''Open Knowledge International'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Knowledge International – our new name!|date=23 May 2016|url=https://blog.okfn.org/2016/05/23/open-knowledge-international-our-new-name/}}</ref> but decided in May 2019 to return to ''Open Knowledge55005555Knowledge Foundation''.<ref>{{cite web|title=For a fair, free and open future: celebrating 15 years of the Open Knowledge Foundation|date=20 May 2019|url=https://blog.okfn.org/2019/05/20/for-a-fair-free-and-open-future-celebrating-15-years-of-the-open-knowledge-foundation/}}</ref>

== Aims ==