The Linux Foundation shared several updates at the Open Source Summit in Vienna, Austria. New subgroups have been initiated to enhance support for well-utilized technologies and methodologies.

Key announcements from the first day included:

The formation of the Developers Relations Foundation (DRF), aimed at enhancing the recognition and value of developer relations in software development.

The DRF will be guided by a steering committee composed of leading figures from global DevRel entities. The Linux Foundation noted that this newly established group has garnered backing from DevRel communities across companies like Aerospike, Ant Group, Hookdeck, MoonGift, SUSE, and TraceLink.

“Establishing the Developer Relations Foundation is a pivotal moment for our community,” said Stacey Kruczek, director of developer relations and community at Aerospike. “This foundation will create a unified, supportive ecosystem where knowledge, resources, and best practices are shared. By endorsing this initiative, Aerospike underscores the importance of empowering developers, enhancing their experiences, and advancing the entire tech industry. We deeply appreciate the support and guidance from the Linux Foundation. Together, we can drive innovation and foster a more inclusive and dynamic developer relations community.”

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OpenSearch is a search engine for enterprise data that enables companies to search, analyze, and visualize their data. It was created in 2021 and has been downloaded by over 700 million people.

To support the project, the Linux Foundation announced that it is forming the OpenSearch Software Foundation to drive the growth and maintenance of the project.

At launch, the new foundation has support for premier Linux Foundation members AWS, SAP, and Uber, and general members Aiven, Aryn, Atlassian, Canonical, DigitalOcean, Eliatra, Graylog, NetApp Instaclustr, and Portal26.

“The Linux Foundation is excited to provide a neutral home for open and collaborative development around open source search and analytics,” said Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation. “Search is something we all rely on every day, for both business and consumer purposes, and we look forward to supporting the OpenSearch community and helping them provide powerful search and analytics tools for organizations and individuals around the world.”

Another new group under the Linux Foundation umbrella that was announced today is LF Decentralized Trust, which will build a foundation for open source decentralized technology ecosystems.

It has support from over 100 Linux Foundation members and will launch with 17 total projects, including the entire Hedera codebase, which will live at the Linux Foundation under the name Hiero.

“Around the world, decentralized technologies are modernizing critical systems and core infrastructure,” said Daniela Barbosa, general manager of decentralized technologies at the Linux Foundation and executive director of LF Decentralized Trust. “LF Decentralized Trust is the new home for collaboratively developing the ecosystems that will make these trusted systems and applications. We are launching with a powerful mix of ledger, identity, cryptography, interoperability, and implementation projects and a diverse, committed membership base. And we are just getting started. Our mission is to drive collective innovation that delivers transparency, reliability, security, and efficiency on a global scale.”

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