Legal

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

The Linux Foundation | Jul 8, 2020

Projects

FinOps Will Drive Efficiency for DevOps

FinOps Foundation to Become Linux Foundation Effort  Read More

J.R. Storment | Jul 1, 2020

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

The Linux Foundation | Jun 29, 2020

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

Jason Perlow | Jun 26, 2020

Linux Foundation Newsletter: June 2020

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The Linux Foundation | Jun 22, 2020

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

The Linux Foundation | Jun 18, 2020

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

The Linux Foundation | Jun 17, 2020

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

The Linux Foundation | Jun 16, 2020

Linux kernel earns CII best practices gold badge

All: I want to formally congratulate the Linux kernel project for earning a gold badge!! You can see their details here:  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 12, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion

Linux Foundation Support for the Black Community

The Linux Foundation and its communities stand in solidarity voicing support for the Black community. The system under which we operate requires change to make justice and equality a reality. We support the individuals and organizations...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 8, 2020

Open Source Ecosystem and Governance

Building a successful open source community: How coordination and facilitation helps projects scale and mature

Why do you need program management as part of your open source project? We asked a few of the Linux Foundation’s program managers to tell us how they each approach the task. How does coordination and facilitation help improve my project?...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 28, 2020

Linux Foundation Newsletter: May 2020

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The Linux Foundation | May 15, 2020

Cross Technology

Joint Development Foundation recognized as an ISO/IEC JTC 1 PAS submitter and submits OpenChain for international review

In its role as an ISO PAS submitter, JDF and LF now can move from idea to code, to standard, to an internationally recognized standard, vastly improving the reach and availability of the technologies created by our amazing communities....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 12, 2020

Compliance and Security

SPDX 2.2 Specification Released

The SPDX technical community is delighted to announce that the 2.2 version of the specification has been released! We started working on the first version of the SPDX specification 10 years ago, and it has continued to improve and evolve...  Read More

Kate Stewart | May 7, 2020

TODOgroup.org: Participate in our 2020 Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Survey

In 2020, we want to learn from best practices in how companies create effective open source strategies, how their open source programs are structured, and how they measure success. The TODO Group is a set of companies that collaborate on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 5, 2020

Linux Foundation Members Elect Open Source Technology Trailblazer

The Linux Foundation today announced that Sony’s Tim Bird has been elected to its board and that Panasonic’s Hiromi Wada has been re-elected for a two-year term.  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 27, 2020

Virtual event suggestions for open source communities

Introduction With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting every aspect of life across every population and industry around the globe, numerous conferences, events, and meetings have been canceled or postponed. The Linux Foundation events team has...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 24, 2020

Projects

Linux Foundation Fosters Laminas Community

The Laminas Project, formerly known as the Zend Framework, is among the latest projects to be hosted at the Linux Foundation. With the community’s desire to evolve its PHP tooling for the next generation of web services and APIs, now is a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 22, 2020

Update from the LFX Development Team

The world runs on open source, and projects need more than a version or source control system to scale The Linux Foundation has evolved a proven methodology to transform projects into category leaders. LFX operationalizes this approach,...  Read More

Shubhra Kar | Apr 14, 2020

Cross Technology

FINOS Joins the Linux Foundation

Introduction This week we are excited to announce that FINOS, the Fintech Open Source Foundation, is joining our Linux Foundation community of projects. With critical financial services projects under its stewardship, FINOS has become the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 9, 2020

The Security of the Open Source Software Digital Supply Chain: Lessons Learned and Tools for Remediation

Introduction It has been estimated that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) constitutes 70-90% of any given piece of modern software solutions. FOSS is an increasingly vital resource in nearly all industries, in the public and private...  Read More

Jason Perlow | Mar 24, 2020

Cloud Computing

The TARS Foundation: The Formation of a Microservices Ecosystem

Introduction During the 1960s and 1970’s, software developers typically used monolithic architectures on mainframes and minicomputers for software development, and no single application was able to satisfy the needs of most end-users....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 10, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion

How Contributing to Diversity in Technology Made Me a Better Engineer

Because my family couldn’t afford tuition, I couldn’t pursue my true interest Computer Science and, instead, studied Metallurgical Engineering — a field that I had absolutely no interest in.  Read More

Raghav Jajodia | Mar 3, 2020

The Linux Foundation: It’s not just the Linux operating system

Why have so many of the world’s most important open source efforts come to the Linux Foundation? Because of the ability to scale and provide value-added services to its communities. Introduction In April of 1991, while as an undergraduate...  Read More

Jason Perlow | Mar 2, 2020

New Linux Foundation | Harvard Study Reveals Hard Truths, Actionable Steps for Open Source Security

Open source has made its way into almost every server farm, consumer device and service we use, and it’s done so without most people even realizing it. Almost no one knows what is in their phones, apps or business data centers. This is...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 20, 2020