What It Means to Release a Project
When your company releases a FOSS project, it isn’t enough to make it publicly available. It’s also important that it be available under a license that’s been approved as a free/open license by a standards body. You learned about these standards bodies in What Makes a FOSS License “Open Source”, and Other Types of Licenses, and in the next chapter you’ll learn how to apply these licenses correctly to the projects your company releases.
It’s now common to find organizations of all sizes releasing FOSS projects. Some examples include these:
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Netflix has released bpftop,[167] a tool for viewing the performance statistics of eBPF programs.
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Porsche released its design system for the web presence of Porsche brands ...
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