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{{Infobox Organization
The '''Open Source Geospatial Foundation''' ('''OSGeo'''), is a non-profit [[non-governmental organization]] whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open [[geospatial]] [[technology|technologies]] and data. The foundation was formed in February [[2006]] to provide financial, organizational and legal support to the broader [[Free Software|Free]] and [[open source]] geospatial community. It will also serve as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit.
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|leader_title = President
|leader_name = Arnulf Christl
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The '''Open Source Geospatial Foundation''' ('''OSGeo'''), is a non-profit [[non-governmental organization]] whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open [[geospatial]] [[technology|technologies]] and data. The foundation was formed in February [[2006]] to provide financial, organizational and legal support to the broader [[Free Software|Free]] and [[open source]] geospatial community. It will also serve as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit.
 
OSGeo draws governance inspiration from several aspects of the [[Apache Foundation]], including a membership composed of individuals drawn from foundation projects who are selected for membership status based on their active contribution to foundation projects and governance.
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== Governance ==
 
The OSGeo Foundation is thoroughly community driven and has a lightweight organizational overhead consisting of 45 initial members, 9 directors and the president [[FrankArnulf WarmerdamChristl]]. It is organized in more than 20 projects. Twelve of these (March 2007) focus on software development projects (see above) or organizational matters like board issues, web site, visibility, education, public geodata and promotion. The OSGeo community [[Collaboration|collaborates]] via a [[Wiki]], [[Mailing List]]s and [[IRC]].
 
== Sol Katz Award ==