Embedded Linux Conference

The Linux Foundation

Predecessor	Open Source Development Labs Free Standards Group
Formation	2000; 17 years ago (2000)
Type	501(c)(6) organization
Purpose	Build sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and commercial adoption.
Location	San Francisco, California
Membership	800+ corporate members
Key people	Key people Linus Torvalds Jim Zemlin Mike Woster Nicko van Someren Mike Dolan Laura Kempke Russell Farnell Karen Copenhaver Abby Kearns Arpit Joshipura Brian Behlendorf Andy Updegrove Angela Brown Penny Yao Mark Hinkle Chris Aniszczyk Philip DesAutels Heather Kirksey Kate Stewart Phil Robb Dan Cauchy Noriaki Fukuyasu Clyde Seepersad Dan Kohn
Website	www.linuxfoundation.org

Automotive Grade Linux

Type	Open Source project under The Linux Foundation
Headquarters	San Francisco, Calif.
Key people	Dan Cauchy, Executive Director
Website	www.automotivelinux.org

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 leading Linux and open source companies, including prominent technology corporations such as AT&T, Cisco, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft,NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm, and Samsung and 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.

While The Linux Foundation's original message is to promote, protect, and standardize Linux "by providing a comprehensive set of services to compete effectively with closed platforms," the organization has extended the scope of its work to include many areas of the professional open source software industry as a whole. Such areas include blockchain technology, high performance computing (HPC) and container technology.

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