Preventing Supply Chain Attacks like SolarWinds
In late 2020, it was revealed that the SolarWinds Orion software, which is in use by numerous US Government agencies and many private organizations, was severely compromised. This was an incredibly dangerous set of supply chain compromises... Read More
Centaurus Infrastructure Project Joins Linux Foundation to Advance Cloud Infrastructure for 5G, AI and Edge
Centaurus today is becoming a Linux Foundation Project. The Centaurus Infrastructure Project is a cloud infrastructure platform for building distributed cloud as well as a platform for modern cloud native computing. It supports... Read More
How to report security vulnerabilities to the Linux Foundation
We at The Linux Foundation (LF) work to develop secure software in our foundations and projects, and we also work to secure the infrastructure we use. But we’re all human, and mistakes can happen. Read More
Introducing the Open Governance Network Model
Background The Linux Foundation has long served as the home for many of the world’s most important open source software projects. We act as the vendor-neutral steward of the collaborative processes that developers engage in to create high... Read More
The one-millionth commit: The search for the lucky Linux kernel contributor
This week has been “a week of millions” for the Linux Foundation, with our announcement that over 1 million people have taken our free Introduction to Linux course. As part of the research for our recently published 2020 Linux Kernel... Read More
Open Source Collaboration is a Global Endeavor, Part 2
The Linux Foundation would like to reiterate its statements and analysis of the application of US Export Control regulations to public, open collaboration projects (for example, open source software, open standards, open hardware, and open... Read More
Linux Foundation Newsletter: August 2020
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Linux Foundation project news for August 2020
The ACRN™ Open Source Hypervisor for IoT Development Announces ACRN v2.0 and Functional Safety Certification Concept Approval New hybrid-mode architecture expands the scope of the project to include industrial IoT and edge device use... Read More
Meta's Long History of Open Source Investments Deepens with Platinum-level Linux Foundation Membership
From its efforts to reshape computing through open source to its aggressive push to increase internet connectivity around the world, Meta is a leader in open innovation. Perhaps more important today than ever, Meta’s focus on democratizing... Read More
Open Source Collaboration is a Global Endeavor
The Linux Foundation would like to reiterate its statements and analysis of the application of US Export Control regulations to public, open collaboration projects (e.g. open source software, open standards, open hardware, and open data)... Read More
Healthcare industry proof of concept successfully uses SPDX as a software bill of materials format for medical devices
Overview Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) is an open standard for communicating software bill of materials (SBOM) information that supports accurate identification of software components, explicit mapping of relationships between... Read More
How open source development provides a roadmap for digital trust, security, safety, and virtual work
Introduction During COVID-19, we’ve all seen our daily lives, and those of many of our colleagues, friends, and family around the world completely changed. Many are adjusting to working from home and homeschooling their children, or caring... Read More
Open Source Communities and Trademarks: A Reprise
Intellectual property and how it is shared have been the cornerstone of open source. Although it is more common to discuss “code” or “copyright,” there are other IP concerns around patents and trademarks that must be considered before... Read More
FinOps Will Drive Efficiency for DevOps
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Accelerating Open Standards development with Community Specifications
Introduction In an earlier post back in May, the Linux Foundation and Joint Development Foundation (JDF) announced its ability to propose international standards by being recognized as an ISO/IEC JTC1 PAS submitter and that it had... Read More
Linux Foundation interview with NASA Astronaut Christina Koch
Jason Perlow, Editorial Director at the Linux Foundation, had a chance to speak with NASA astronaut Christina Koch. This year, she completed a record-breaking 328 days at the International Space Station for the longest single spaceflight... Read More
Linux Foundation & Harvard Announce Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FOSS) Contributor Survey
“Open source software is everywhere. Now, more than ever, we need to get a better understanding of it to help make it even more secure.” – David A. Wheeler, Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security, Linux Foundation In 2020, given the... Read More
Why CII best practices gold badges are important
“A CII Best Practices badge, especially a gold badge, shows that an OSS project has implemented a large number of good practices to keep the project sustainable, counter vulnerabilities from entering their software, and address... Read More
Building a sustainable open source community: training and certifications
Training and professional certifications are an important part of how open source technologies establish themselves as industry-leading solutions and adopted in commercial ecosystems Introduction In an earlier piece, we discussed how, over... Read More