Linux
From CryptoWiki
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
