Free projects from IT companies (1)

If it is already done or is being develped, audit the code; to be able to give away source code a company or institution has to make sure who is the copyright owner of it and if it can be distributed under a free license
If it is not ready, look for similar projects and see if you can cooperate on them and reuse as much as possible; usually that will be faster and cheaper and, if the license allows it, you will be able to use your modifications or fork the original project if needed

If it is already done or is being develped, audit the code; to be able to give away source code a company or institution has to make sure who is the copyright owner of it and if it can be distributed under a free license