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[News] One-Man GPL Project (Linux) Grows to Foundation, Tens of Thousands of Programmers

  • Subject: [News] One-Man GPL Project (Linux) Grows to Foundation, Tens of Thousands of Programmers
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:59:36 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Jim Zemlin and the Linux Foundation: Looking after Linus

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| Linux Foundation was formed in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source 
| Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG), and sponsors 
| Linus Torvalds financially so that he is free to focus on his altruistic, 
| albeit commercially beneficial, task.   
| 
| Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation's executive director, is the man charged with 
| managing an organisation that appears to have only the noblest of goals – the 
| betterment of open source software, for the good of all. As well as 
| sponsoring Torvalds, its other aims include fostering standards around Linux, 
| providing a fund to contest any legal issues and managing the Linux \
| trademark.     
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Jim-Zemlin-and-the-Linux-Foundation-Looking-after-Linus--/features/111208
http://tinyurl.com/5mejxu

Better Than Beach Reading: A Linux Starter Kit

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| Summer may be a time for some to lie in the hammock with a margarita, but if 
| your inner geek is whispering "is that all there is?" over and over again, 
| you might be ripe for a project. How about making that shift to Linux you've 
| been dreaming about? It's fun, it's cool and -- believe us -- it's not that 
| hard.    
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http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/web20/64029.html


Recent:

Linux kernel developers have tripled in number

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| The Linux Foundation (LF) has published a study on Linux mainline kernel 
| development. According to LF, the number of Linux kernel developers has 
| tripled since 2005, with many more companies contributing to the process 
| (including, potentially, the latest new LF member, Adobe).   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6925891609.html
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