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title: Kosmos Infrastructure Foundation
description: Providing physical infrastructure for Kosmos software and services
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The Kosmos Infrastructure Foundation (KIF) is the host organization for Kosmos
hosted services. It acts as an infrastructure provider to the developers and
users of [free and open-source
software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software). It is
appointed this role by the Kosmos co-operative, and is run by members of the
co-operative itself.

The foundation also accepts financial contributions on behalf of the
co-operative, both for the development and maintenance of Kosmos applications
and infrastructure, and related free and open-source software, as well
as for providing hosted services to individuals and organizations.

## Our Mission

We believe that neither the development nor usage of free software should be
entirely dependent upon select corporations or VC-funded startup companies.
Thus, we think that free software benefits from community-owned, sovereign and
open communication and collaboration platforms that are only beholden to free
software's most important stakeholders: its creators and users.

In this context, our mission is as follows:

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    Provide community-controlled infrastructure for the collaborative
    development of all Kosmos applications, as well as related and unrelated
    free software
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    Provide a professional, reliable hosting environment for research,
    development, testing, and demonstration of all Kosmos applications, as well
    as related and unrelated free software
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    Provide, on a not-for-profit basis, easy-to-use services surrounding Kosmos
    applications to end users, both individual and organizations
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    Help other organizations with both self-hosting and providing hosted
    services to their own users or the wider public
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## Board of Directors

{{< partial "kif/board" >}}

## Contact

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  ### Address

  Kosmos Infrastructure Foundation  
  Beta Building, Oficina 6  
  Próspera ZEDE  
  St. John’s Bay, Roatán, Islas de Bahia 34101  
  Honduras

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  ### E-Mail

  [foundation@kosmos.org](mailto:foundation@kosmos.org)
  <span class="text-sm font-mono">([PGP](/0xC6C569307DE33574.asc))</span>

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