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Full Metadata Listing: FOSSFoundation.info/foundations/lf Website: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Legal Name: The Linux Foundation Location: US Nonprofit Status: 501C6 Software Hosted: various Licenses Used: various |
Primary Brand: Linux Other Brand(s): various projects and associated 501C3, 501C4, and 501C6 corps Brand Registered?: yes Logo Registered?: yes Trademark Policy: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage Trademark Usage Guide: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage |
Brand Policy Comments: The Linux Foundation has a default trademark policy and allows each project to refine rules for the use of project marks.
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Board Size: 22 Board Type: sponsor, elected Board Listing: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/board-members/ Description of Membership: member Bylaws Link: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/bylaws Number of Paid Employees: 170 |
Funding Sources: sponsors Approximate Budget: 35M Budget Listing: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/460503801 Sponsor Listing: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/membership/members/ Top Tier Sponsors: AT&T, Cisco, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm, Samsung |
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Accepting New Projects?: yes Projects Hosted: 74+ Major Projects Hosted: Automotive Grade Linux, Cloud Foundry, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Core Infrastructure Initiative, Hyperledger, Let's Encrypt, Node.js Foundation, ONAP, SPDX, Xen Project, Yocto Project Project Listing: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects Project Services : The Linux Foundation provides a wide variety of support resources for projects, including community management, shared community infrastructure, project events, training and professional certification, financial management of community funds, conformance processes, compliance programs, open source license scanning and analysis, project setup and launch, operational support, governance and intellectual property, marketing and outreach services, and web services. |
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