Free Software Initiative of Japan
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The Free Software Initiative of Japan are a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Free Software
growth and development. It was founded on the 10th of July 2002 and organized the Free Software Symposium in Tokyo on October 22 and 23 of that year. The organization's founding chairman was Prof. Masayuki Ida, and the current chairman is Niibe Yutaka. , FSIJ have been involved in the Google Summer of Code
as a mentoring organization, CodeFest Kyoto and CodeFest Japan.
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
growth and development. It was founded on the 10th of July 2002 and organized the Free Software Symposium in Tokyo on October 22 and 23 of that year. The organization's founding chairman was Prof. Masayuki Ida, and the current chairman is Niibe Yutaka. , FSIJ have been involved in the Google Summer of Code
Google Summer of Code
The Google Summer of Code is an annual program, first held from May to August 2005, in which Google awards stipends to hundreds of students who successfully complete a requested free or open-source software coding project during the summer...
as a mentoring organization, CodeFest Kyoto and CodeFest Japan.