Open Source Software Foundry

The main purpose of OSSF is to train domestic community to creat OSS Projects and talented people of open source software. The duties include: spread the concept of open source software, gather domestic open source software communities, enhance the cultivation of talented people and industrial cooperation in Taiwan, and connect the software application models in Taiwan to globalization trend. To be acheived the goals of OSSF, three major platforms are built and five major services are provided. The three major platforms are: Information collecting platform, (2) OpenFoundry, which is the projects hosting platform, (3) Who’s Who, which is the human resource anget platform. The five major services are: (1) Policy and legal advisory services, (2) Open source software newsletter, (3) Collection of professional resource catalog in open source software field, (4) Provide teaching materials and research reports related to open source software, (5) Hold various activities and workshops related to open source software.