Linux Foundation and O pen Mainframe Project O verview Agenda • O pen Source and T he Linux Foundation • O pen Mainframe Project Background • How to participate in the O pen Mainframe Project • Q /A Open Source and T he Linux Foundation W hat is Open Source? • O pen source is a developm ent m et hod for soft ware that harnesses the power of distributed peer review, transparency of process and the creativity of a global ecosystem of industry experts. • The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost and the opportunity to drive open standards. • O pen source software is most often modular and enables open APIs that can be leveraged to swap out/in new capabilities as members of the community “scratch their own itch”. • Does not have to be just about code – open source projects often encompass marketing and infrastructure goals as well. About the Linux Foundation • T he Linux Foundation is hosting the O pen Mainframe Project, providing operational, governance and other support • T he Linux Foundation supports the Linux O S and numerous collaborative projects • > 100 staff • 450+ members across all our projects • D ozens of projects beyond Linux spanning thousands of developers • O ver 50 key developer events a year worldwide • Largest share of voice in open source The Linux Foundation team includes • T ime Magazine’s 17th most important person of the century, W inner of Millennium Technology prize, IEEE C omputer Pioneer Award, Internet Hall of Fame inductee • Internationally recognized legal counsel have authored hundreds of open source legal publications, formed over 140 consortium, serve on the boards of ANSI, Center for W omen in Enterprise, and more • Full time staff fluent in English, Spanish, French, G erman, Russian, Japanese, and K orean • Expertise in semiconductors, embedded systems, mobile computing, enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, automotive, IoT, technical training and more • Dev/O ps team that maintain and secure the world’s largest open source project with expertise in a wide variety of scalable development environments • Marketing and Ecosystem development team with experience from pre-IPO startups to large scale enterprises 6 The Growing Linux Foundation Ecosystem 7 The Linux Foundation is the leader in its field. “ OpenDaylight arrives with some instant credibility because it’s hosted by the Linux Foundation, the not-for-profit that oversees the Linux operating system, the most successful open source project of them all.” -- W ir ed “ The mere fact that The Linux Foundation has brought together essentially all the major players in the SDN space and has gotten them to agree to work on a common, open framework is remarkable in its own right.” – Zdnet “ Just like the Linux kernel, Xen enjoys contributions from a variety of different companies, so a vendor -neutral organization to host development and collaboration is a big win for the project.” – Tech Crunch “ The Linux Foundation continues to amaze me as it never ceases to stop adding new members to it s r ost er .” – IT Business Edge “ This organization [Bitcoin] was modeled on the Linux Foundation, according to Gavin Andresen, who is currently the Bitcoin Foundation’s chief scientist.” – The N ew Yor ker 8 Scalable Open Source Collaboration has a Common Set of Requirements G overnance and • Incorporation, Tax status, Bylaws, Member Agreements, Anti-trust, etc. Membership • O ngoing business development and membership recruitment • T echnical D ecision Making Development Process • Project Life C ycle • Release Process • C ustom infrastructure using open source best practices Infrastructure • Security and reliability • Marketing Ecosystem Development • Events • T raining • C ode Provenance IP Management • T rademark management • Legal defense and C ollaboration 9 Current Linux Foundation Projects Include Impact of Linux Foundation Projects Open Mainframe Project Background O pen source on mainframe not taken off Disconnected, independent Community events efforts; no shared were industry specific, “hub” of innovation also not vendor Open source on agnostic the mainframe lacked a neutral home for growth No place for students Enterprise level and academic engagement with institutions to engage upstream projects limited 13 O pen Source creates shared R&D Create an Bring together Provide the open source end-users, solution neutral technical community to providers, app infrastructure and benefit Linux on developers, and governance for the the mainframe system administrators open source project to flourish 14 W hy participate in the O pen Mainframe Project? Drive awareness of mainframe as first class Linux and Open Source platform Collaborate with peers on solidifying open source mainframe support for Linux in a vendor neutral environment Showcase your stewardship and support for the continued growth of the community 15 Technical Focus: Make Linux on Mainframe a first class Linux platform Identify areas which Fix these problems, C ollaborate with open make Linux on working as an open source communities and Mainframe adoptions source community the upstream projects pr oblematic Highlights of technical initiatives Sponsored port to s390 architecture and continued development H osting project for building next generation OpenStack driver for z/VM Donated code from IBM developed project. C ontinued investment from community Anomaly Detection Engine for Linux Logs Building s390 specific D ocker H ub content and impr oving s390 suppor t Mainframe programs in academia through Linux and O pen Source to produce future mainframers • Project sponsored summer internship program • Joint development of Linux on Mainframe coursework for universities • University specific partnerships – Marist College ECC - Innovation & Entrepreneurship with Linux and O pen Source – C apstone program with VC U for 2017- 18 school year. 18 Gover nance Model for t he Open Mainfr ame Project Open Participation with corporate sponsorship opportunities Technical Steering Marketing Committee Governing Board Committee to lead to help drive awareness oversees business projects and oversee in mainframe decision making collaboration with community upstream projects 19 T echnical C ommunity Roles T SC: top level decision making body, approves new projects and acts as an oversight committee for cross-project decisions, norms and expectations. T he T SC elects a T SC C hair. • T SC and project meetings are open to anyone in the CTO: a technical “fellow” resource who will be available to technical community, help the technical community focus, plan and execute. IBM has regardless of membership offered an IBM Fellow to work with the Project in this capacity. in the LF or the O pen Mainframe Project Maint ainer : lead developer on a top level project, serves on the T SC • Projects could potentially span multiple disciplines, including code Committer: has the ability to commit code to the development, pr oject’s main br anch, as a group committer s elect a Maintainer documentation, test/build scripting, etc. Contributor: anyone in the community that contributes code or documentation to the project, may become committers after establishing themselves 20 H ow to particpate in O pen Mainframe Project Open participation for all interested in Mainframe, Linux, and Open Source Community discussion Shared R&D open Corporate sponsorship and collaboration - both source projects for showing stewardship virtually and at regional in the community events. 21 Cor por at e, Academic, Associat e Member ship Levels Boar d T SC Marketing Level Annual Fee* Not es Seat Seat Committee Platinum $100,000 Yes Yes Yes Initial 2-year participant commitment Platinum $10,000 Yes Yes Yes Initial 2-year participant commitment End-User 3,000 employees = $15,000 1,000 < 3,000 employees = $10,000 1 per Non Silver Yes 500 < 1,000 employees = $5,000 10 Voting < 500 employees = $2,000 1 per Non Academic Fr ee Yes Restricted to academic institutions 10 Voting Non Associat e Fr ee No Yes Non-profits, open source projects Voting To join Open Mainframe Project, go to https://www.openmainframeproject.org/about/join or email at [email protected] * Open Mainframe Project is setup as a Project under The Linux Foundation legal entity. All Platinum, Platinum End-U se r , an d Si l ver Open Mainframe Project corporate members will have to be corporate members of The Linux Foundation to participate. Please visit http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/corporate to learn more about Linux Foundation corporate membership. 22 Current Members Include 23 Current Membership - 28 orgs, 14 individuals Platinum Silver A cadem ic A ssociat e Individual CA BM C So f t w ar e Marist College SH A RE Jesus Flor es-Contreras IBM Vicom Infinity N o r t h Car o lina A&T St at e G SE U K Re gi o n Amresh Kadian David Cheng (Applied Expert SU SE D at aKinet ics University of Bedfordshire G SE Systems, Incorporated ) ADP H it achi D at a Syst ems University of W ashington CIAC Academic Mainframe Consortium N oel Sales Sine N omine Associat es East Carolina University European Mainframe Academy Ralph Stone Cano nical Albany State University Amit Ommeshwar ARMOOGUM Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Velocity Software Arts Ar ia Br az G T So f t w ar e Johann Wolfgang Goethe University H o w ar d V. H ar diman Docker HTL Donaustadt Par vez Ahmed EPSI Sotirios Bogris Virginia Commonwealth University Kar l-Erik Stenfors Peter W ilke Michael MacDonald Jim Porell Bold indicates new Members who have joined since the last board meeting Email alias is omp-member s@list s.openmainfr amepr oject .or g Governing Board Member Directory Member/Role Board Director Em ail CA D av i d St o k e s [email protected] SU SE A lan Clar k [email protected] IBM Steven Dickens [email protected] ADP Steve Conger steve.conger @adp.com Vicom Infinity, Inc.