University of Michigan#
OSPO: Michigan Open Source Software (MOSS) is based in the Innovation Partnerships, Technology Transfer Office
Personnel: Ashwati Iyer
Link: https://innovationpartnerships.umich.edu/resource/moss/
Member of: CURIOSS
General Description#
MOSS is a pilot iniative launched by the technology transfer office. The long-term goal of MOSS is to promote more sustainable outcomes for open source projects such as open source-specific funding (federal, industry, or foundation), spinouts (both profit and non-profit), hosting by an OS foundation, open source licensing models (ex. open-core) etc. Work focuses on building active communities around open source projects in order to develop pathways to sustainability.
Core Objectives#
Offering promotion and community development for open source projects.
Equipping open source project teams with the tools and resources to grow and sustain an active community.