Editing Open Source Development Labs

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| name   = Open Source Development Labs
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| type   = [[501(c)#501(c)(6)|501(c)(6)]] organization
| founded_date      = 2000
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| location          = [[San Francisco]]
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| area_served       = Worldwide
| focus             = [[Linux kernel]], [[Open-source-software movement|open source movement]]
| method            = Promotion, protection, and standardization of Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms.
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| dissolved         = 2007
| successor         = [[Linux Foundation]]
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'''Open Source Development Labs''' ('''OSDL''') was a [[non-profit organization]] supported by a consortium to promote [[Linux]] for enterprise computing.<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://osdl.org/about_osdl |date=* |title=About OSDL }} - January 20, 2007, version was last one archived prior to the merger.</ref> Founded in 2000, OSDL positioned itself as an independent, non-profit lab for developers who are adding enterprise capabilities to Linux.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osdl.org/osdlpress/2000_aug_30_santa_clara.html |title=Industry Leaders Including HP, Intel, IBM AND NEC Forming Open Source Development Lab For Linux |access-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030607050006/http://osdl.org/osdlpress/2000_aug_30_santa_clara.html |archive-date=2003-06-07 }}"</ref> The headquarters was first incorporated in San Francisco but later relocated to [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] in Oregon with second facility in [[Yokohama]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buzzfile.com/business/O-S-D-L-503-626-2455|title=Open Source Development Labs Inc|website=www.buzzfile.com|access-date=2016-10-26}}</ref>

On January 22, 2007, OSDL and the [[Free Standards Group]] merged to form the [[Linux Foundation]], narrowing their respective focuses to that of promoting Linux.<ref>{{cite press release
 |title=New Linux Foundation Launches – Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group
 |publisher=The Linux Foundation
 |date=January 22, 2007
 |url=http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2007/01/21/new-linux-foundation-launches-%e2%80%93-merger-of-open-source-development-labs-and-free-standards-group/
 |access-date=2008-03-26
 |quote="Computing is entering a world dominated by two platforms: Linux and Windows."
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702180852/http://www.linux-foundation.org/wordpress/?p=286
 |archive-date=2007-07-02
}}</ref>

==Activities==
OSDL sponsored  projects, including industry initiatives to enhance Linux for use in corporate [[data centre]]s, in telecommunications networks, and on [[desktop computer]]s.  It also:
* provided hardware resources to the [[free software community]] and the [[open source community]]
* tested and reported on open source software
* employed a number of Linux developers.

Its employees included [[Linus Torvalds]], the first OSDL fellow, and [[Bryce Harrington]]. In 2005, [[Andrew Tridgell|Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell]] was the [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119015015/http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2005/2005_01_17_beaverton.html second OSDL fellow] for a year.

It had data centers in Beaverton (Oregon, United States) and Yokohama (Japan).

OSDL had investment backers that included: 7 funders of [[Computer Associates]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Hitachi, Ltd.]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[IBM]], [[Intel Corporation]], [[Nippon Electric Corporation]], as well as a large collection of [[independent software vendor]]s, end-user companies and educational institutions.  A steering committee composed of representatives from the investment backers directed OSDL, which also had a significant staff of its own.

===Working groups===
OSDL had established five Working Groups since 2002:
* [[Mobile Linux Initiative]]
* Carrier Grade Linux
* [[Data Center Linux]]
* [[Desktop Linux]]
*User Advisory Council

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Linux Foundation#Patent Commons Project|Patent Commons]], a project launched in November 2005 by the OSDL

==References==
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{{Linux kernel}}
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