# University of Michigan

- *OSPO*: Michigan Open Source Software (MOSS) is based in the Innovation Partnerships, Technology Transfer Office
- *Personnel*: Ashwati Iyer
- *Link*: [https://innovationpartnerships.umich.edu/resource/moss/](https://innovationpartnerships.umich.edu/moss/)
- *Member of*: [CURIOSS](https://curioss.org/)

## General Description

MOSS is a pilot iniative launched by the technology transfer office. The long-term goal of MOSS is to promote more sustainable outcomes for open source projects such as open source-specific funding (federal, industry, or foundation), spinouts (both profit and non-profit), hosting by an OS foundation, open source licensing models (ex. open-core) etc. Work focuses on building active communities around open source projects in order to develop pathways to sustainability.

## Core Objectives

- Offering promotion and community development for open source projects.
- Equipping open source project teams with the tools and resources to grow and sustain an active community.

## Primary Contacts

[Ashwati Iyer, *Associate Director*](https://innovationpartnerships.umich.edu/people/ashwathi-iyer/)