The Linux Foundation Releases Linux Development Report - Seite 2

The number of paid developers is on the rise, as companies aggressively recruit top Linux talent. More than 80 percent of kernel development is done by developers who are being paid for their work. Volunteer developers tend not to stay that way for long.

The report is co-authored by Jon Corbet, Linux kernel developer and editor of LWN.net; Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linux kernel maintainer and Linux Foundation fellow; and Amanda McPherson, chief marketing officer at The Linux Foundation.

"As the largest collaborative development project in history, Linux can offer a lot of insight on software development trends and methodologies," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. "The 'Who Writes Linux' report gives us a close look at how rapid development supported by thousands of individuals and hundreds of companies can result in the best software in the world."

To download the full report, please visit The Linux Foundation's Publication's website at: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/linux-foundation/who-writes-linux-2015

The paper is being released today at The Linux Foundation's Collaboration Summit in Santa Rosa. The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is a unique, invitation only event that gathers Linux Foundation members, open source developers, open source legal experts and community experts to collaborate and solve many of the most pressing issues facing open source software and Linux today. It is also the place that brings together The Linux Foundation's Collaborative Projects and workgroups to meet and work more broadly with other community leaders. For more information or to access the live streaming video, please visit: http://events.linuxfoundation.org

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