The '''Open and Free Technology Community''' ('''OFTC''') is an [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] [[Defaultcomputer network|network]] that provides collaboration services to members of the [[free software community]] in any part of the world. OFTC is an associated project of [[Software in the Public default|Software in the Public Interest]], a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. As of October 2019, OFTC has 31 volunteer staff members, and 16 sponsors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oftc.net/staff|title=Staff|website=OFTC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014050831/https://www.oftc.net/staff/|archive-date=2019-10-14|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Jaszczolt |first=Katarzyna |title=Default Semantics |date=2021-02-24 |work=Linguistics |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199772810-0272 |access-date=2024-11-30 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977281-0}}</ref>
