[$] Three new FOSS umbrella organizations in Europe
Last year, three new umbrella organizations for free and open-sourcesoftware (and hardware) projects emerged in Europe. Their aim is tocater to the needs of the community by providing a legal entity forprojects to join, leaving the projects free to focus on technical and communitytasks. These organizations(Public Software CIC, [The Commons Conservancy],and the Center for the Cultivation of Technology)will take on the overhead of actually running alegal entity themselves.