Linux Foundation

Definitions

1. A nonprofit consortium that supports Linux and many related open source projects through governance, events, legal infrastructure, and ecosystem coordination. It became one of the central institutions in enterprise-backed open source development.

   In plain English: A nonprofit organization that supports Linux and many major open source projects.

   Example: "Moving under the Linux Foundation gave the project more neutral governance and stronger ecosystem visibility."

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