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Software in the Public Interest - Definition and Overview

Software in the Public Interest, Inc. (SPI) is a non-profit organization formed to help other organizations create and distribute open source software and hardware. Members of SPI include representatives from Debian, GNOME, and the Linux Standard Base project.

Board of Directors

Its current board (elected by the Condorcet method of Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping) is composed of:

  • President: John Goerzen
  • Vice-President: Benjamin Mako Hill
  • Secretary: David Graham
  • Treasurer: Jimmy Kaplowitz
  • Board of Directors:
    • Bdale Garbee
    • Ian Jackson
    • Branden Robinson
    • Bruce Perens
    • Martin "Joey" Schulze
    • M. Drew Streib
  • Advisors:
    • Legal counsel -- Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, represented by Greg Pomerantz
    • Debian Project Leader -- Martin Michlmayr
    • GNOME Foundation Board representative -- Jeff Waugh
    • OSI -- Guido van Rossum

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