In my week at Open Source Summit Europe and AI_Dev in Amsterdam, the topic of digital sovereignty persisted throughout various keynotes, panels, and hallway track conversations. Control, agency, and participation are seen as critical for Europe’s digital future. But sovereignty does not necessarily equate to solutions built within a country’s borders. Instead, it is seen as a larger movement of capacity-building that places local developers and innovators as builders and decision-makers on the global open source technologies the country or region relies on. This is as relevant in Europe as it is in my home country of Canada, where concerns around digital sovereignty also abound.
When the first World of Open Source: Europe Spotlight 2022 report was published in Dublin at the time we launched Linux Foundation Europe, it painted a picture of a continent with an undeniable passion for open source — a “romantic” relationship, as our researchers called it. European contributors were motivated by learning and enjoyment more than career advancement. Policies across governments encouraged consumption of open source, and industry leaders recognized its value. However, beneath this enthusiasm, a structural imbalance was clear. Organizations were consuming more open source than they were contributing back, and many sectors, in particular the public sector, lagged in fully embracing open collaboration.
The TODO Group in collaboration with Cloud Native Computing Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of the physical version of the OSPO Book, a community-driven resource that captures open source management best practices through OSPOs (Open Source Program Offices).
I’ve spent three decades in technology, watching brilliant founders pour their hearts into building world-changing open source projects. I’ve seen them cultivate vibrant communities, driven by a shared passion for solving hard problems. And I’ve also seen them arrive at a painful crossroads, forced to choose between the community that built them and the capital they need to survive. It’s a story that has ended too often in compromise, with fractured communities and founders left wondering if there was another way.
In the course of conducting research to explore the intersection of open source innovation and the digital transformation of industries, it’s always exciting to witness major shifts. Today, the mobile sector is on the cusp of a pivotal transformation—one that's been many years in the making.
Welcome to the August 2025 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter.
This month, the Linux Foundation welcomed a groundbreaking project, expanded our India‑based open source footprint, and amplified developer collaboration across continents.
Highlights
AGNTCY Project Joins the Linux Foundation The AGNTCY project—an open infrastructure for AI agent discovery, secure messaging, identity, and observability—has officially joined the Linux Foundation. Supported by formative members including Cisco,Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, Oracle, and Red Hat, AGNTCY aims to break down silos, interoperating with standards like Agent2Agent (A2A) and Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP). Read more in the official press release and check out announcement coverage in Forbes.
LF India Marks Momentum at Inaugural Open Source Summit India At Hyderabad’s inaugural Open Source Summit India, LF India showcased its first-year impact—welcoming new foundations including AgStack, LF AI & Data, FinOps Foundation, FINOS, O3DE, and OpenInfra. These additions bolster support across agriculture, AI, fintech, manufacturing, and infrastructure. Explore the full scope of India’s growth in the press release and media recap in It’s Foss News. .
What’s Next
Visit the AGNTCY GitHub to get involved and shape the future of interoperable AI infrastructure.
Explore session recordings and slides from Open Source Summit North America, available now on LF’s YouTube channel.
Get excited for Open Source Summit Europe and AI_dev GenAI & ML Summit, beginning August 25. See you in Amsterdam!Read on for more news, research, and opportunities from across the Linux Foundation.
Read on for more news and opportunities from across the Linux Foundation.
The open source AI ecosystem has reached a pivotal moment. There are now almost 2 million models on the Hugging Face Hub and open models, including a growing number of small but mighty ones, are rapidly catching up to proprietary alternatives in performance. Beyond models, researchers and developers across the world are collectively democratizing AI by sharing and collaboratively developing a range of open technologies, from open source frameworks and open standards for building AI agents and robots to open pretraining datasets and benchmarks for specialized domains and underrepresented languages.
Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter.
This month, our global community of developers, maintainers, and members came together in Denver for Open Source Summit North America. Thank you to our attendees for a vibrant week of innovation, collaboration, and connection! (In case you missed it,SiliconANGLE rounded up 13 key takeaways from the event.)
Here are more of this month’s highlights:
Agent2Agent Protocol Project Launches at the Linux Foundation The LF announced the launch of the Agent2Agent Protocol Project, an open standard developed by Google to enable secure, interoperable communication between AI agents. Read more about the project in Forbes and VentureBeat.
Introducing the OpenSTX Foundation The Joint Development Foundation (JDF) launched the OpenSTX Foundation, a new effort to standardize Synchronous Transmission (STX)-based wireless networking. It’s the latest milestone in JDF’s 10-year legacy of enabling impactful open standards.
2025 State of Tech Talent Report Now Available LF Research and Linux Foundation Education released the 2025 State of Tech Talent Report, shedding light on AI’s growing impact on technical roles, how organizations are preparing for the shift, and the role of open source and upskilling in bridging the gap. Read coverage in ZDNetand The New Stack.
Each year, Open Source Summit North America, hosted by the Linux Foundation, brings together people from around the world to learn, connect, and collaborate. As a Research Mentee, I had the amazing opportunity to attend this conference and see firsthand the relevance and impact of what our team has been working on. Here’s what I learned.
When it comes to AI and the workforce, the headlines tend to oversimplify: jobs are disappearing, automation is inevitable, and the machines are winning. But the reality—as revealed by our latest research—is far more nuanced.
It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Mikeal Rogers, a leader, builder, and advocate for open source communities and for the people who power them.
This week, while in Japan for a sold-out KubeCon + Cloud NativeCon, I had the great privilege of presenting our latest research to an audience of leading Japanese technology companies. As someone who has long admired Japan’s reputation for precision, quality, and innovation, it was especially meaningful to share insights that could help shape the country’s digital future.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, 2025 – Today, Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) announces the availability of the Open 3D Engine (O3DE) 25.05.0 release that delivers powerful new capabilities for game and simulation developers, with a focus on performance, stability, and a streamlined workflow. Engineered for creating high-fidelity, real-time 3D games, O3DE now offers improved rendering performance, enhanced cinematic tools, and a more efficient developer experience.
Welcome to the June 2025 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter. The past month has seen major announcements, launches and even a major award win for the LF. Here are the headlines:
As we approach the midpoint of 2025, the potential of AI to transform businesses, economies, and industries is not only widely anticipated and nearly universal but also well documented. In a commissioned project by Meta, LF Research set out to capture existing evidence on this topic, with the specific aim of understanding how open source is playing a role in this transformation.
Open source licensing revolutionized software development, creating a thriving ecosystem built on shared innovation and collaboration. Licenses like MIT and Apache-2.0 gave developers a standard, legally robust way to share code, reducing friction and accelerating adoption.
