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{{Infobox non-profitorganization

| name = Open Source Development Labs

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| Non-profit_logologo =

| Non-profit_typetype = [[501(c)#501(c)(6)|501(c)(6)]] organization

| founded_date = 2000

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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.

| revenue =

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'''Open Source Development Labs''' ('''OSDL''') was a [[non-profit organization]] supported by a global consortium tasked to "accelerate the deployment ofpromote [[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, its goals included "to be the recognized center-of-gravity for the Linux industry." OSDL positioned itself as the "industry's firstan 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" |accessdateaccess-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030607050006/http://osdl.org/osdlpress/2000_aug_30_santa_clara.html |archivedatearchive-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

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|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/

|accessdateaccess-date=2008-03-26

|quote="Computing is entering a world dominated by two platforms: Linux and Windows."

|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702180852/http://www.linux-foundation.org/wordpress/?p=286

|archivedatearchive-date=2007-07-02

}}</ref>

==Activities==

OSDL sponsored key industry 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).

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===Working groups===

OSDL had established fourfive Working Groups since 2002:

* [[Mobile Linux Initiative]]

* [[Carrier Grade Linux]]

* [[Data Center Linux]]

* [[Desktop Linux]]

*User Advisory Council

==See also==

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[[Category:Free and open-source software organizations]]

[[Category:DefunctOrganizations organizationsdisestablished in 2007]]

[[Category:Defunct companies based in Oregon]]

[[Category:Linux Foundation]]