TY - JOUR T1 - Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2010 A1 - Chamindra de Silva AB - Humanitarian free and open source software (HFOSS) represents the application of free and open source software (FOSS) to the coordination problems faced in the humanitarian and disaster-response domains. FOSS has found a natural home serving the humanitarian domain because of certain problem patterns that promote the use of an open source approach. HFOSS also integrates two volunteer-rich communities that have much in common: the humanitarian community and the open source community. HFOSS is not distinct from the free and open source approach, but is rather a specialization of its principles. This article explores and elaborates on that natural alignment by presenting the concepts of HFOSS and the ecosystem that sustains it. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/399 IS - December 2010 U1 - The Sahana Software Foundation Chamindra de Silva is Director of the Sahana Foundation and volunteers as the foundation's CTO. He has been involved with Sahana from its inception in Sri Lanka and was the project lead from 2005. He is the concept founder of HFOSS and is also on the advisory board of the HFOSS academic project. His other involvements in open source include being a charter member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), an Apache Committer, and a contributor to the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project. His day job is the Head of Strategic Initiatives in the Global Technology Office at Virtusa Corp. ER -