# SFOSC

**URL:** https://discourse.sustainoss.org/c/working-groups/sfosc/16.md

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## [About the SFOSC category](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/about-the-sfosc-category/104)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
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The SFOSC category is for the “Sustainable Free and Open Source Communities” initiative by Adam Jacob. To learn more check out the following: Principles Business Models Free e-book

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## [Any thought about sfosc.org from Adam Jacob (Chef)](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/any-thought-about-sfosc-org-from-adam-jacob-chef/225)

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**Author:** [@medjawii](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/medjawii)\
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**Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/any-thought-about-sfosc-org-from-adam-jacob-chef/225 "2019-08-14T20:51:27Z")

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I was at OSCON last month where Adam Jacob talked in Keynote about the war in open source and the fact that neither Saas vendors (because of the business model and VC investments) neither Free software/Libre software fou…

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## [Sustain / SFOSC foundation or NPO?](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-sfosc-foundation-or-npo/175)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Beanow)\
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**Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-sfosc-foundation-or-npo/175 "2019-05-06T12:47:01Z")

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As I think https://sustainoss.org/ is about the same goals, I would like to cross-post this issue: The role of an NPO / Foundation · Issue #59 · sfosc/sfosc · GitHub As a tangent from the discussion in #5 foundations c…

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## ['The Book' reviews](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-book-reviews/112)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
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**Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-book-reviews/112 "2018-12-18T05:27:59Z")

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Here are some of my favorite excerpts so far from Adam’s book. Share yours below (screenshot or copypasta) Motivatons 1: 2: