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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.

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| successor = [[The Linux Foundation]]

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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>{{waybackwebarchive |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, itsOSDL goalspositioned includeditself as an 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 be[[Beaverton, theOregon|Beaverton]] recognizedin centerOregon with second facility in [[Yokohama]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buzzfile.com/business/O-ofS-gravityD-L-503-626-2455|title=Open forSource theDevelopment LinuxLabs industryInc|website=www."buzzfile.com|access-date=2016-10-26}}</ref>

On January 22, 2007, OSDL and the [[Free Standards Group]] merged to form the [[The Linux Foundation]], narrowing their respective focuses to that of promoting Linux in competition with [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite press release

|title=New Linux Foundation Launches – Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group

|publisher=The Linux Foundation

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

|archivedatearchive-date=22007-07-200702

}}</ref>

==Activities==

OSDL sponsored key industry projects, including industry initiatives to enhance Linux for use in corporate [[Datadata centre|data centers]]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]]).

OSDL had investment backers that included: 7 funders of [[Computer Associates]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Hitachi, Ltd.]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[IBM]], [[Intel Corporation]], [[Nippon Electric Corporation]], as well as a large collection of [[independent software vendor]]s, end-user companies and educational institutions. A steering committee composed of representatives from the investment backers directed OSDL, which also had a significant staff of its own.

===Working Groupsgroups===

OSDL had established fourfive Working Groups since 2002:

* [[Mobile Linux Initiative]] (MLI)

* Carrier Grade Linux

* [[Mobile Linux Initiative]] (MLI)

* [[CarrierData GradeCenter Linux]] (CGL)

* [[Data CenterDesktop Linux]] (DCL)

*User Advisory Council

* [[Desktop Linux]] (DTL)

==See also==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[Linux_FoundationLinux Foundation#Patent_Commons_ProjectPatent Commons Project|Patent Commons]], a project launched in November 2005 by the OSDL

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