Open Source Software
We support Open Source software in our business. Open source is a methodology for producing software that empowers the end user. We release all of our Linux/UNIX based Client APIs under Open Source licenses. Mailing lists and CVS are available from our SourceForge GeoIP project page. In addition, we maintain several widely used Perl modules on CPAN.

Community
As part of our community program, MaxMind continues to support the open source community through contributions to non-profit organizations that support software freedom. We are a corporate patron of the Free Software Foundation, a corporate sponsor of osCommerce, and have donated funds to the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure.

Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
MaxMind is proud to support the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII). The FFII runs a European advocacy campaign to bring current trend towards unlimited software patentability in EU legislation to a halt. In addition to MaxMind, supporters of FFII include the Soros Foundation, RedHat, SuSE, and the Free Software Foundation.

Merchant Risk Council
MaxMind is a signature member of the Merchant Risk Council, the e-commerce industry's leading association for preventing online fraud. It is the mission of the MRC to foster a safe environment and enhance the value proposition for merchants and all constituents by improving operational relationships.