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HP does a lot more than talk about open source— our track record is a clear indication that we are seriously committed to the growth, maturity, and success of open source technology for our customers. We're a solutions provider, active user, and a longstanding member of the community. Today, 1,000’s of developers across the company are focused on Linux and open source projects while many more service professionals are involved in the implementation and support of Linux and open source projects worldwide.

Open source community support

HP's widespread contributions to open source and Linux include organizational leadership, intellectual property contributions, project development, and individual community activism.

Organizational leadership
HP has been an active sponsor of numerous open source and Linux organizations towards the stewardship and success of open source technology and its vast user community. Organizations such as the Apache Software Foundation Non-HP site the Free Software Foundation Non-HP site, the Linux Foundation Non-HP siteand the Software Freedom Law Center Non-HP site are all supported by HP.

Event sponsorship

HP is a frequent sponsor of key community events such as ApacheCon Non-HP site, Cloud Computing Non-HP site, EOLE Non-HP site, Free Software Forum Non-HP site, FSF Europe Legal & Licensing Workshop Non-HP site, Kernel Summit Non-HP site, linux.conf.au Non-HP site, LinuxCon Non-HP site, LinuxTag Non-HP site, Ohio LinuxFest Non-HP site, Open World Forum Non-HP site, OSCON Non-HP site, Linux Plumbers conference Non-HP site, SCALE Non-HP site, and USENIX Non-HP site

Intellectual property contributions

HP has bestowed a significant amount of valuable intellectual property to the open source community for technology advances. Some recent contributions are:

» HP-sponsored open source projects
In addition to supporting numerous open source projects including Debian, HP has initiated over 100 open source projects of its own, many which have been released to the community.


» LinuxCOE Non-HP site
Offering a standardized set of tools and processes to quickly and efficiently roll out new Linux servers. Linux COE provides high quality, efficient system management at low cost.

» HP Integrity NonStop tools, utilities, libraries, and packages
More than 200 open source tools, utilities, libraries, and packages have been ported to the HP Integrity NonStop server platform and are available at no cost to customers.

» Over 1,900 open source printer drivers Non-HP site
HP is the only major printer manufacturer with fully open source printer drivers. We've contributed over 1,900, now included in our partners' Linux distributions for true plug n' play support, earning us first prize in a Linuxprinting.org survey because of quality, speed, and open source commitment.

» Carrier-grade Linux
HP continues to play an important role in the definition and implementation of carrier grade Linux for the telecom sector.


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