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{{Infobox organization
| name = Open Knowledge Foundation
| abbreviation = OKF
| logo = Open Knowledge Foundation logo - landscape.png
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| type = [[Nonprofit organisation]]
| formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|2004|05|20}}
| founder = [[Rufus Pollock]]
| tax_id = 05133759<ref name="about-okf">
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| author = Open Knowledge Foundation
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| access-date = 27 April 2011
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| ___location = 86-90 Paul Street, [[London]], EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom
| origins =
| key_people = [[Rufus Pollock]], [[Renata Ávila Pinto]] ([[CEO]])
| area_served = International
| focus = [[Open knowledge]] broadly, including [[open access]], [[open content]], [[open science]] and [[open data]]
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| website = {{URL|okfn.org}}
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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|access-date = 25 October 2015}}</ref> It was founded by [[Rufus Pollock]] on 20 May 2004 and launched on 24 May 2004<ref>{{cite web |url = https://blog.okfn.org/2004/05/24/open-knowledge-foundation-launched/|title = Open Knowledge Foundation launched|work = Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog|access-date = 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|access-date = 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 Knowledge 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>
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