Inside the Linux Foundation Purchase of Linux.com
Two months after SourceForge’s Linux.com site stopped publishing new stories, the reason has finally been made public: The site has been acquired by the Linux Foundation. As of today, the URL redirects to a welcome page that solicits suggestions from the community about what contents the site should have. The Linux Foundation will administer the site, and SourceForge will assist in the sale of advertising. However, in many ways, the news raises as many questions as it answers about what happened and what Linux.com will look like in the future.
News of the recent sale was given to Linux.com employees and long-term contractors at the end of last November, when the editorial budget was not renewed, and Robin "Roblimo" Miller, the senior editor, received notice that he would be laid off. On January 1, Lee Schlesinger, the former managing editor and the only member of the Linux.com who was not let go, posted an article entitled, "A new year, a new Linux.com," announcing that changes were taking place."
The reason for the transfer is easy to see from the Linux Foundation's perspective. "We also manage the Linux trademark, and obviously Linux.com is an important brand asset," Zemlin says. Acquiring the URL, Zemlin adds, "just supports the activities that the Linux Foundation is already responsible for."
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