The non-profit Linux Foundation is a big deal, w/ billions in projects
and millions in donations annually. Lotsa stuff besides the kernel.
Membership 1,000+ corporate members
As of June 2024, the foundation collected annual fees worth at least
US$14,940,000.
Platinum, Gold & Silver members; Pt gives half a mil a y. The annual fee
As of September 2015, the total economic value of the development
costs of Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects was estimated at $5
billion.
... and 2015 Sep was almost 10 y ago.
The Linux Foundation started as Open Source Development Labs in 2000
to standardize and promote the open-source operating system kernel
Linux. [3] It merged with Free Standards Group in 2007. The
foundation has since evolved to promote open-source projects beyond
the Linux OS as a "foundation of foundations" that hosts a variety of
projects spanning topics such as cloud, networking, blockchain, and
hardware.[4] The foundation also hosts annual educational events
among the Linux community, including the Linux Kernel Developers
Summit and the Open Source Summit.
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Mike Easter