Standards and Specifications at the Linux Foundation
summary
Linux Foundation hosts about 200 open projects with spec components, six ISO standards, 36 traditional consortia and roughly 3,500 contributors from 500 organizations; the first LF standard is the Linux Standard Base (2001, updated 2015). Projects commonly run in two modes — CSL + JDF modes — where CSL specs use Git tooling and often CC BY‑4.0 while JDF supports consortia/liaison needs. Examples include C2PA content credentials, SPDX/OpenChain ISO paths, Overture Maps and agent‑to‑agent work; research shows 77% say standards help markets mature.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:47Goals of Standards Forum
- 3:11Why standards matter
- 7:25Standards portfolio overview
- 9:52Overcoming fear of standards
- 11:36Hosting models for standards
- 14:03Should your project standardize?
- 16:10Standards impact and human rights
- 17:33Q&A
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