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Guidebook for open source community management - Red Hat redhat.com May 28, 2021 7 facts
claimRed Hat maintains an Open Source Program Office within its Office of the CTO.
claimThe Red Hat 'Guidebook for open source community management' identifies various roles within open source communities, including documentation, steering committees, translation, systems operations and administration, fundraising, marketing, outreach, community architecture, and project management.
claimThe Red Hat Open Source Program Office provides services and support to assist Red Hat's open source projects in achieving success.
referenceThe Red Hat 'Guidebook for open source community management' version 2.0 contains a section titled 'Growing Contributors' that provides guidance on onboarding new contributors, establishing mentorship cultures, managing community roles, and exploring project governance.
claimThe Red Hat 'Guidebook for open source community management' version 2.0 includes a chapter titled 'Announcing Software Releases' that provides a detailed method for conducting an open source software project release.
claimThe Red Hat 'Guidebook for open source community management' suggests that open source project health can be evaluated using two perspectives: the view from the outside looking in, and the view from inside the community looking at itself.
referenceThe Red Hat 'Guidebook for open source community management' version 2.0 includes a section titled 'Measuring Success' which details methods for assessing community health from both internal and external perspectives and explains the importance of a metric-driven approach to community sustainability.
Business model: Open Source - Learning Loop learningloop.io 4 facts
claimIBM acquired Red Hat for $34 billion on July 9, 2019, in a strategic move intended to boost IBM's cloud computing business, as reported by Reuters journalist D. Shepardson.
measurementIBM acquired Red Hat in 2019 for $34 billion.
accountRed Hat established a profitable business model for open source software by selling support subscriptions and complementary software for the Linux operating system.
claimRed Hat provides subscription-based enterprise support for its open source Linux distribution as a method of monetization.
What Is Open Source Software? - IBM ibm.com 4 facts
accountThe IBM Corporation acquired Red Hat for USD 34 billion in 2019, which was the largest software acquisition in history at that time.
accountIn 1993, Red Hat began selling an enterprise redistribution of the Linux operating system, charging customers for support and adding features explicitly aimed at solving problems an enterprise might encounter when deploying a non-curated, continually updated operating system.
measurementRed Hat became the first open source software company to surpass USD 1 billion in revenue in 2012.
claimRed Hat has expanded its open source ecosystem beyond Linux to include projects like Kubernetes and Ansible, which are integral to its cloud-native and automation solutions.
Governance in Practice: How Open Source Projects Define ... - arXiv arxiv.org 5 days ago 3 facts
claimIndustry and institutional sources, including Red Hat (2022) and the OSPO Alliance (2023), emphasize that effective governance is central to sustaining healthy open source software communities.
referenceThe 'State of Enterprise Open Source' report, published by Red Hat, examines the landscape of enterprise open source software.
referenceRed Hat publishes a blog post titled 'Understanding open source governance models' which discusses governance in open source projects.
Understanding open source governance models - Red Hat redhat.com Jul 17, 2020 3 facts
perspectiveKatrina Novakovic views open source software and its unique culture as a key differentiator for Red Hat.
claimKatrina Novakovic serves as the Chief of Staff for EMEA Presales & Services at Red Hat, where she focuses on strategic programs and initiatives.
claimBryan Behrenshausen works as a community architect in the Open Source Program Office at Red Hat.
Role of Open Source Software in Rise of AI nutanix.com 2 facts
Free and open-source software - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimCompanies like Red Hat demonstrated that commercial success and Free software principles could coexist, leading to widespread corporate acceptance of FOSS.
claimThe International Space Station transitioned its computing systems to Debian Linux, replacing previous installations of Windows and Red Hat.
Open Source Boosts Innovation in Software, Hardware and Beyond rdworldonline.com Mar 2, 2017 1 fact
claimThe open source model is not anti-profit, as demonstrated by companies like Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Google, which provide quality open source products while generating revenue through accompanying services.
Archetypes of open-source business models | Electronic Markets link.springer.com Jun 14, 2022 1 fact
accountIn the past, prominent software vendors viewed open source as a threat to intellectual property, limiting empirical research to a few commercial forerunners like RedHat or MySQL, according to Greene (2001).
bureado/awesome-software-supply-chain-security - GitHub github.com 1 fact
referenceAdam Cmiel from Red Hat presented 'Lock the Chef in the Kitchen: Enabling Accurate SBOMs Via Hermetic Builds' at FOSDEM 2023, which details using Hermeto to pre-fetch dependencies and enable hermetic builds for accurate SBOM generation.
The Open Source Definition - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
accountThe creation of the Debian Social Contract and the Debian Free Software Guidelines was prompted by an email discussion between Ean Schuessler of Debian and Donnie Barnes of Red Hat, in which Schuessler accused Red Hat of failing to elucidate its social contract with the Linux community, leading Bruce Perens to realize that Debian also lacked a formal social contract.
Building Leadership in an Open Source Community linuxfoundation.org 1 fact
accountCompanies that participated in the creation of the 'Building Leadership in an Open Source Community' guide include Autodesk, Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Netflix, Oath (Yahoo + AOL), Red Hat, Salesforce, Samsung, and VMware.
What is Open Source Software? Definition Guide, Benefits & Types sonarsource.com 1 fact
claimThe Linux operating system, including distributions such as Debian, CentOS, Red Hat, and openSUSE, is a prominent example of open source software known for stability and security.
What is Open Source Software? - HotWax Systems hotwaxsystems.com Aug 11, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe 'Support & Services' business model for open source software involves providing the core software for free while generating revenue through consulting, training, and support, as exemplified by Red Hat and HotWax Systems.
What is the impact of open-source on the tech industry? - Milvus milvus.io 1 fact
measurementIBM acquired Red Hat for $34 billion, demonstrating that companies can achieve commercial viability by offering support and enterprise services for free, open-source software.
Seven observations and research questions about Open Design ... cambridge.org Oct 19, 2021 1 fact
measurementRed Hat, a major contributor to Linux kernel development, generated 3.4 billion US dollars in revenue in 2019, according to Wonderlick and Walas (2019).