Linux

Basics

• Is a family of free and open-source software operating systems based on the Linux kernel

 Money and partnership links

• The Linux Foundation has been at the helm of launching the Hyperledger project

• IBM was the leader in creating what will be called the Open Ledger Project, an alternative blockchain system to be overseen by the Linux Foundation
• B9lab is a 'silver member' of the Linux Foundation

Former Employees

• Rusty Russell, a well-known developer famous for his work on Linux kernel
• IOST claims to have team members who (among many other big name places) come from here.

Employees

• Linus Torvalds; creator, also creator of Git, the open source heart of Github

Other Links

• Bitcoin developers have been communicating through a Linux Foundation mailing list for years now