%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T The Humanitarian FOSS Project %A Ralph Morelli %A Allen Tucker %A Trishan R. de Lanerolle %X The Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (Humanitarian FOSS) Project is primarily an educational project whose goal is to engage more undergraduates in building free and open source software (FOSS) that benefits their community. Over the past four years, increasing numbers of undergraduates and computer science programs have been inspired by the Humanitarian FOSS project to make significant contributions to several active open source software development projects that have benefited organizations such as the Portland, Maine Ronald McDonald House, and the New York City Salvation Army. This article provides examples of several Humanitarian FOSS projects and describes other initiatives aimed at promoting undergraduate education about FOSS and its application within the community. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 12/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/404 %N December 2010 %9 Articles %1 Trinity College Ralph Morelli is a professor of computer science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and Principal Investigator of the Humanitarian FOSS Project. He has a BA in mathematics from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in philosophy and an MS in computer science from the University of Hawaii. He is the author of a textbook on Java programming and articles on artificial intelligence and computer science education. %2 Bowdoin College Allen Tucker is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor Emeritus at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He has a BA from Wesleyan University and a PhD from Northwestern University. He is the author of several books and articles on programming languages, software development, natural language processing, and computer science education. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), an ACM Distinguished Lecturer, an open source software developer, and a member of the Humanitarian FOSS Project's Executive Committee. %3 Trinity College Trishan R. de Lanerolle is the Project Director for the Humanitarian FOSS Project at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He has a BS in Computer Science from Trinity College, and a MS in Management of Innovation and Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He is a founding member of the Sahana Software Foundation and community development committee member. He has published and co-authored papers on topics from Computer Science education to FOSS disaster management applications for several international conferences and journals.