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

Compliance and Security

Copyright Notices in Open Source Software Projects

“What copyright notice should appear at the top of a file in an OSS project with many contributors?” This is a question we get all the time. Many of our communities have discussed this issue and aligned on a common approach that we thought...  Read More

Steve Winslow | Jan 10, 2020

Compliance and Security

Tern 1.0.0 is Generally Available!

New release includes an updated CLI and support for custom report formats and analysis tool extensions  Read More

Rose Judge | Dec 11, 2019

Cloud Computing

Amazon Web Services, Genesys, Salesforce Form New Open Data Model

To accelerate digital transformation, organizations in every industry are modernizing their on-premises technologies by adopting cloud-native applications. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), global spend on cloud...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 12, 2019

Diversity & Inclusion

The Linux Kernel Mentorship program was a life changing experience

By Bharath Vedartham  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 12, 2019

Diversity & Inclusion

The Linux Kernel Mentorship is Life Changing

Guest Post By Kelsey Skunberg, Linux Kernel Mentorship Program Mentee  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 9, 2019

Twelve Community-Driven Demos Highlight Innovation and Integration Across the Networking Stack

LF Networking (LFN) represents the largest set of networking projects with the broadest community in the industry that collaborate on the many challenges and opportunities in the open source networking stack. Since forming in January 2018,...  Read More

Brandon Wick | Sep 9, 2019

Open Source Developer Gain New Collaboration Opportunities on Open Hardware

Live from Open Source Summit this week, we’re thrilled to share that the OpenPOWER Foundation is becoming a project hosted at The Linux Foundation. This includes a technical contribution of the POWER Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 21, 2019

Project Maintainers: Reduce Your CLA Administrative Headaches Today

Today we are announcing the open source beta-release of EasyCLA, one of several services that are part of LFX.  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 17, 2019

Linux Foundation Board Elects Longtime Community Members to Chair and Vice Chair

The Linux Foundation today is announcing its new Board Chair Nithya Ruff and Vice Chair Wim Coekaerts, both of whom bring a long history of contribution, collaboration and developer advocacy to their new positions. Both existing board...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 20, 2019

Projects

Introducing Tungsten Fabric 5.1: Security, Feature, and Performance Enhancements for Network Operators & Developers

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The Linux Foundation | Jun 12, 2019

Linux Foundation Statement on Huawei Entity List Ruling

We have received inquiries regarding concerns about a member subject to an Entity List Ruling. [1] The Huawei Entity List ruling was specifically scoped to activities and transactions subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 23, 2019

LF Networking Welcomes Loodse as Newest Member

An Interview with Loodse CEO and Co-Founder Sebastian Scheele  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 6, 2019

The Linux Foundation forms new Laminas project to support continued growth of Zend Framework and PHP tooling

In conjunction with Zend Technologies and Rogue Wave Software, we are excited to announce that the Zend Framework is transitioning to the Linux Foundation and will launch later this year as a new project called Laminas.  Read More

Emily Olin | Apr 17, 2019

How O-RAN SC Completes the Open Source Networking Telecommunications Stack

As network traffic continues to increase with the advent of 5G, mobile networks and the equipment they run on need to evolve quickly to become more agile, flexible, intelligent, energy-efficient and software-defined.  Read More

Arpit Joshipura | Apr 2, 2019

Projects

LVFS Project Announcement

The Linux Foundation welcomes the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a new project. LVFS is a secure website that allows hardware vendors to upload firmware updates. It’s used by all major Linux distributions to provide metadata for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 26, 2019

datapractices.org joins the Linux Foundation to Advance Best Practices & Offers Open Courseware Across Data Ecosystem

The Linux Foundation | Mar 20, 2019

Cloud Computing

Community Demos at ONS to Highlight LFN Project Harmonization and More

A little more than one year since LF Networking (LFN) came together, the project continues to demonstrate strategic growth, with Telstra coming on in November, and the umbrella project representing ~70% of the world’s mobile subscribers....  Read More

Brandon Wick | Mar 18, 2019

Diversity & Inclusion

Announcing The Linux Kernel Mentorship project on CommunityBridge, a new Linux Foundation platform

When Jim Zemlin asked me to come to the Linux Foundation as a Linux Fellow to work on mentoring programs and initiatives to make Linux secure I didn’t have to think twice. I am very excited to be working at the Linux Foundation alongside...  Read More

Shuah Khan | Mar 12, 2019

Projects

New Red Team Project Aims to Help Secure Open Source Software

The Linux Foundation has launched the Red Team Project, which incubates open source cybersecurity tools to support cyber range automation, containerized pentesting utilities, binary risk quantification, and standards validation and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 11, 2019

Compliance and Security

Open Source is Eating the Startup Ecosystem: A Guide for Assessing the Value Creation of Startups

In the last few years we have witnessed the unprecedented growth of open source in all industries—from the increased adoption of open source software in products and services, to the extensive growth in open source contributions and the...  Read More

Ibrahim Haddad | Mar 11, 2019

Cloud Computing

ONS Evolution: Cloud, Edge, and Technical Content for Carriers and Enterprise

By: Arpit Joshipura, General Manager, Networking, Edge & IoT, the Linux Foundation  Read More

Arpit Joshipura | Mar 10, 2019

What I learned at the ONAP & OPNFV Event in Paris-Saclay

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Phil Robb | Mar 8, 2019

Compliance and Security

Hitachi Completes TÜV SÜD Certificate for FOSS Licenses Compliance

The OpenChain Specification is the only standard for open source compliance in the supply chain. It is a document created by user companies for user companies, and it is uniquely suited for building trust between entities in procurement...  Read More

Shane Coughlan | Mar 5, 2019