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| Non-profit_namename = Open Source Development Labs

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

| founded_date = 2000

| founder =

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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 |access-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030607050006/http://osdl.org/osdlpress/2000_aug_30_santa_clara.html |archive-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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==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

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OSDL had established five Working Groups since 2002:

* [[Mobile Linux Initiative]]

* [[Carrier Grade Linux]]

* [[Data Center Linux]]

* [[Desktop Linux]]

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