Statement of Purpose
For the Incorporated Association "the Health OpenWare Foundation"

To manage intellectual property in health informatics, health informatics being the evolving scientific discipline that deals with the collection, storage, retrieval, communication and optimal use of health related data, information and knowledge.

To provide governance and management of intellectual property including computer software, designs, materials, and ideas which are to be maintained and distributed under one or more of the 'open domain' principles including regimes of open Standards, 'open source', 'freeware', 'shareware', and 'public domain'.

Roles of the Foundation will include:

• the appointment and assigning of licences to other organisations to sell, support and provide services with the products.
  
• the oversight of or undertaking of further development of the products.
  
• the quality control of the products.
  
• the policy issues relating to commercialisation, exploitation, deployment, standards, development etc of the products.
  
• the receipt of moneys to support the products through grants, fee for service, sponsorship, education etc.