Cloud Native Computing Foundation
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| Formation | 2000 |
| Type | 501(c)(6) organization |
| Purpose | Build sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and commercial adoption. |
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Membership
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800+ corporate members |
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Key people
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Key people
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| Website | www |
| Open Source project under The Linux Foundation | |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, Calif. |
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Key people
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Dan Cauchy, Executive Director |
| Website | www |
The Linux Foundation (LF) is dedicated to building sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and commercial adoption. The largest open source non-profit organization, it works to promote, protect, and advance Linux and collaborative development and support the "greatest shared technology resources in history."
It began in 2000 under the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and became the organization it is today when OSDL merged with the Free Standards Group (FSG). The Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and lead maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman and is supported by members such as AT&T, Cisco, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft,NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm, Samsung, and VMware, as well as developers from around the world.
In recent years, the Linux Foundation has expanded its services through events, training and certification, and open source projects. Projects hosted at the Linux Foundation include Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP), Hyperledger, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Cloud Foundry Foundation, Node.js Foundation, and many others.
The validity of some information in the following section is disputed.
The origins of The Linux Foundation can be traced to 1993 when Patrick D'Cruze started the Linux International email list then known as LI.
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