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{{Short description|American nonprofit organization}}
{{Primary sources|date=January 2008}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
| logo                = SPI logo.svg
| motto               = 
| type                = [[501(c)(3)]]
| services            = 
| key_people          = Michael Schultheiss (President)<br>Jonatas L. Nogueira (Vice President)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spi-inc.org/corporate/board/|title=SPI Board|access-date=2025-10-03}}</ref>
| logo_size           = 200px
| founded_date        = {{Start date and age|1997|06|16}}
| location            = [[New York City]], United States
| fields              = Software
| num_members         = 
| revenue             = {{ubl|$723,853 (2020)|$522,719 (2021)|$485,337 (2022)<ref name="irs-990-2022">{{cite web|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/113390208/202323199349316012/full|title=Software In The Public Interest Inc - Full text of "Full Filing" for fiscal year ending Dec. 2022|publisher=[[ProPublica]]|work=Nonprofit Explorer |access-date=June 20, 2023}}</ref>}}
| expenses            = {{ubl|$341,298 (2020)|$413,172 (2021)|$546,645 (2022)<ref name="irs-990-2022" />}}
| homepage            = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Software in the Public Interest, Inc.''' ('''SPI''') is a US [[501(c)#501(c)(3)|501(c)(3)]] [[non-profit organization]] domiciled in [[New York (state)|New York State]] formed to help other organizations create and distribute [[free software|free]] [[open-source software]] and [[open-source hardware]]. Anyone is eligible to apply for membership, and contributing membership is available to those who participate in the [[free software community]].

SPI was originally created to allow the [[Debian|Debian Project]] to accept donations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/project-history.en.txt |title=A Brief History of Debian |publisher=Debian Project |date=2012-08-10 |access-date=2012-09-27}}</ref> It now acts as a [[Fiscal sponsorship|fiscal sponsor]] to many [[free software|free]] and [[Open-source software|open source]] projects.

SPI has hosted [[Wikimedia Foundation]] board elections and audited the tally as a neutral third party from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_elections/2007/en&oldid=5752314 |title=Board elections/2007/en |publisher=Wikimedia |date=2013-04-27 |access-date=2013-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Board_elections/2011/en&oldid=3870582 |title=Board elections/2011/en |publisher=Wikimedia |date=2012-07-02 |access-date=2013-09-30|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Associated projects==
The 45 currently associated projects of SPI are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/ |title=SPI Associated Projects |publisher=Spi-inc.org |date=2024-03-31 |access-date=2024-04-16|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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* ''[[0 A.D. (video game)|0 A.D.]]''
* Adélie Linux
* ankur.org.in
* aptosid
* [[Arch Linux]]
* Arch Linux 32
* [[ArduPilot]]
* ''[[The Battle for Wesnoth]]''
* Compile Farm
* [[Debian]]
* [[FFmpeg]]
* [[Fluxbox]]
* [[Gallery Project|Gallery]]
* [[Ganeti]]
* [[Gentoo Linux]]<ref>[https://www.gentoo.org/news/2024/04/10/SPI-associated-project.html  Gentoo Linux becomes an SPI associated project]
Apr 10, 2024</ref>
* [[GNUstep]]
* [[GNU TeXmacs]]
* [[Haskell]].org
* Himmelblau Foundation<ref>[https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/himmelblau/]  Himmelblau Foundation</ref>
* [[Libreboot]]
* [[LibreOffice]]
* [[MinGW]]
* MPI Forum
* NTPsec
* [[ns-3]]
* [[Open and Free Technology Community|OFTC]]
* [[Open Bioinformatics Foundation]]
* [[Open MPI]]
* Open Voting Foundation
* [[OpenEmbedded]]
* [[OpenSAF]]
* [[OpenVAS]]
* [[OpenZFS]]
* PMIx
* [[POCO C++ Libraries|POCO]]
* [[PostgreSQL]]
* [[Privoxy]]
* [[Rigs of Rods]]
* [[Rocket (web framework)|Rocket]]
* [[SproutCore]]
* [[Swathanthra Malayalam Computing]]
* [[systemd]]
* The Mana World
* [[translatewiki.net]]
* Tux4Kids
* [[X.Org Foundation|X.Org]]
* YafaRay
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[List of free and open-source software organizations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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