The Linux Foundation builds sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and industry adoption.
Industries CommunitiesEducationEnterprise SoftwareEventsInformation TechnologyLinuxNon ProfitOpen SourceDiversity Spotlight (US Headquarters Only) Women LedHeadquarters Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Founded Date 2000 Founders Bruce Breton, Deniz Parlak, Philippe Ombrédanne, Tao Feng, Vanessa Little Operating Status Active Also Known As LF Related Hubs Linux Foundation Alumni Founded Companies
Company Type Non-profit
Contact Email info@linuxfoundation.org Phone Number 415 723 9709
The Linux Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes, protects, and standardizes open source software by hosting important workgroups, events, and online resources. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation provides unparalleled support for open source communities through financial and intellectual resources, infrastructure, services,
events, and training. Working together, The Linux Foundation and its projects form the most ambitious and successful investment in the creation of shared technology. For years the Linux Foundation has provided a neutral home and unmatched support for cutting-edge projects — fostering burgeoning communities that breed collaboration, power innovation, and attract the best engineering talent in the world.
- Yocto Project
Subsidiary - Urban Computing Foundation
Subsidiary - TARS Foundation
Subsidiary - StackStorm
Subsidiary - Soda Foundation
Subsidiary - Presto Foundation
Subsidiary - Open vSwitch
Subsidiary - Open Mainframe Project
Subsidiary - OpenJS Foundation
Subsidiary - Open Container Initiative (OCI)
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