Freedom to Innovate South Africa (FTISA) is a non-profit organisation with a mission to promote and assist in the development of patent policy, legislation and practice that will benefit the South African National interests, the economy and all of South Africa’s citizens.

A primary objective of FTISA is to create and defend a legislative environment in South Africa which is conducive to the development of an indigenous software sector, one in which software innovation and production is allowed to flourish and the benefits of FOSS to the developing economy which relies heavily on information technology is protected. Such an environment can only exist with a complete, comprehensive, legally robust and affordable enforcement of the existing exclusion of computer software from patentable subject matter in South Africa.  By acting effectively, imaginatively and constructively within our national context we intend also to contribute to the efforts of those with similar objectives internationally.

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