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Table 3 External linkages between supporting entities

From: Support mechanisms provided by FLOSS foundations and other entities

 

Supporting entities

Identified linkage

1

ASF - Eclipse

Eclipse is providing plugins to Apache projects.

[http://www.eclipse.org/subversive/]

[https://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/eclipse­plugin­apache /]

2

ASF- Mozilla

Linkage not identified

3

ASF - Twitter

Twitter is sponsoring ASF financially.

[http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html]

Twitter is also contributing in ASF projects through their committers.

[https://engineering.twitter.com/opensource/community]

4

ASF-JBOSS

JBoss web server collaborated / integrated with Apache http server.

[http://www.jboss.org/products/webserver/overview/]

5

ASF - Debian

The Debian is providing Apache’s packages to install Apache software under Debian operating system.

[https://wiki.debian.org/Apache]

6

Wikimedia -Debian

The Debian provides packages for MediaWiki

[https://wiki.debian.org/MediaWiki]

7

Wikimedia - SMC

Linkage not identified

8

Wikimedia -Openstack

Wikimedia is using Openstack to build test and development infrastructure.

[http://readwrite.com/2011/01/03/how­the­wikimedia­foundation­i]

9

Wikimedia -Homebrew

Linkage not identified

10

Wikimedia - KDE

Linkage not identified

11

KDE - Debian

KDE desktop environment softwares are tieup with Debian.

There is also KDEDebian maintenance team on KDE software’s successful installation on Debian environment.

[https://wiki.debian.org/KDE]

[http://pkg­kde.alioth.debian.org/]

12

KDE - VideoLan

Linkage not identified

13

KDE - XBMC

Linkage not identified

14

KDE - Gentoo

Gentoo is providing Packages for KDE desktop applications.

[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE]

15

Mozilla -OWASP

Mozilla is using OWASP security tools and addons for its firefox browser.

[https://addons.mozilla.org/En­us/firefox/collections/dennis_groves/owa/]

[https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/09/13/owasp-zap-the-firefox-of-web-security-tools/]

16

The Xfce Desktop - Mozilla

The Xfce desktop provides addons for Mozilla Thunderbird application.

[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/xfce-adwaita/]

17

Mozilla - Debian

Mozilla Debian team provides various versions of Mozilla related packages on Debian OS based systems.

[http://mozilla.debian.net/]

18

Saltstack - Mozilla

Linkage not identified

19

Mozilla - Adobe

Adobe provides plugins to Mozilla firefox browser

[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keep-flash-up-to-date-and-troubleshoot-problems]

20

Mozilla-OpenStack

Mozilla has experimented the Openstack cloud infrastructure and services.

[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=963165]

21

HomeBrew-Mozilla

For installation of Mozilla addons on the OS X, the homebrew provides packages.

[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Mac_OS_X_Prerequisites]

22

Mozilla-LLVM project

Mozilla uses the LLVM’s Clang compiler to compile the Firefox browser.

[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Building_Firefox_on_Windows_with_clang-cl]

23

Twitter-Mozilla

Twitter provides addons for mozilla firefox browser

[https://addons.mozilla.org/En­us/firefox/addon/twitter­app/]

24

Twitter-HomeBrew

Linkage not identified

25

Los Alamos – Debian

The Los Alamos computer systems are preinstalled with Debian operating system.

[http://laclinux.com/en/About]

26

Los Alamos - VideoLAN

Linkage not identified

27

Los Alamos - Gentoo

Linkage not identified

28

Tarent Solutions – Debian

The employee of the Tarent is a maintainer/contributor of Debian.

29

Tarent Solutions – Gentoo

Linkage not identified

30

Tarent Solutions – Miros

The founder of the Miros Project organization is also an employee at Tarent Solutions Gmbh. [https://www.mirbsd.org/wlog.htm]

He is the lead developer and manager of the FLOSS projects at these two organizations.

[https://www.openhub.net/orgs/MirOS]

[https://www.openhub.net/orgs/tarent]

Some of the commits to the Miros Project were sponsored by Tarent.

31

The Xfce Desktop - Debian

The Xfce is one of the desktop options in the Debian desktop.

[https://wiki.debian.org/Xfce]

32

The Xfce Desktop - OS Geo

Linkage not identified

33

Debian ­ OS Geo

Debian provides packages to OS Geo applications.

[http://blends.debian.org/gis/tasks/osgeo­web­server]

34

The Miros Project - Debian

Miros Project founder and manager is the maintainer at Debian project.

[https://wiki.debian.org/ThorstenGlaser]

35

Adobe - Black Berry

Black Berry is host and distributing Adobe applications for its mobiles

[https://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/search/adobe/?lang=en &countrycode = SE]

36

German Neuroinformatics - Mozilla

Linkage not identified

37

Yahoo - Openstack

Yahoo has gold membership at Openstack foundation. Yahoo provides funding to Openstack.

[http://www.openstack.org/foundation/companies/]

Yahoo is also using Openstack cloud computing platform for its operations and services.

[https://www.infoworld.com/article/2623371/iaas/yahoo-s-open-source-iaas-could-up-the-ante-in-cloud-services.html]

38

Genivi – Debian

The founder of Debian automotive is a key person at Genivi alliance.

[https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/interviews/2013-jeremiah-foster/]

39

Saltstack – ASF

The Saltstack provides generic modules and functions to work with all implementations of Apache.

[https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/apache-formula]

40

Adobe – ASF

Linkage not identified

41

Adobe – Homebrew

Linkage not identified

42

Gentoo – Miros

Linkage not identified

43

Softlayer - Openstack

Softlayer uses Openstack infrastructure for its business services.

[https://www.computerworld.com/article/2923947/app-development/ibm-brings-openstack-to-its-softlayer-cloud.html]

44

Home Brew - KDE

Home Brew is a package management software that easy installation of KDE’s application on OSX.

[https://github.com/KDE-mac/homebrew-kde]

45

The miros project - Home Brew

Linkage not identified

46

Plaimi – Gentoo

Linkage not identified

47

Sony Mobile - Openstack

The Sony Mobile uses Openstack as its backend platform, which hosts software for connecting online gamers.

[https://www.networkworld.com/article/2186653/cloud-computing/sony-division-moves-some-services-from-aws-to-openstack.html]

48

Sony Mobile - Eclipse

Linkage not identified

49

Sony Mobile - Logilab

Linkage not identified

50

Argonne National Labs - HomeBrew

Linkage not identified

51

Argonne National Labs - The LLVM

Linkage not identified

52

CZ.NIC - Debian

Linkage not identified

53

CZ.NIC - Homebrew

Linkage not identified

54

The Grid - GNOME

Linkage not identified