The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation is dedicated to delivering Rocky Linux in a way that serves the common good and upholds digital rights.
RENO, Nev., June 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) announced Rocky Linux has been recognized by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) as an open source Digital Public Good. The DPGA is part of the response to the United Nation's call to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere through the UN's framework of Sustainable Development Goals.
Rocky Linux is an open source, community-driven, enterprise-grade Linux distribution that is 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux®. Since starting in December 2020, Rocky Linux has grown to be among the most used Enterprise Linux distributions. It is widely deployed in critical civil infrastructure, government and private industry applications that SDG 9 "Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure" concerns. Rocky Linux is a project of the RESF, an organization dedicated to ensuring the longevity, independence and responsible stewardship of enterprise-grade open source software.
Read more about the announcement at the RESF blog: https://rockylinux.org/news/digital-public-good
The DPGA is a multi-stakeholder initiative with a mission to accelerate the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating the discovery, development, use of and investment in digital public goods. Digital public goods are open source software, open data, open artificial intelligence models, open standards and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable laws and best practices, do no harm and help attain the Sustainable Development Goals.
"Rocky Linux receiving recognition as a Digital Public Good is a testament to the Rocky Linux community's commitment to honorable principles beyond our stated mission," said Brian Clemens, vice president of the RESF. "While our core focus is on providing an Enterprise Linux distribution, we are dedicated to doing so in a way that serves the common good, upholds digital rights and supports other aspects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals."
To learn more about DPGA, visit https://digitalpublicgoods.net/ or email [email protected].
About RESF
The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) helps open source projects thrive with a structure that ensures a balanced and fair distribution of community control while specifically enabling enterprise use-cases, vendors and commercial entities. The charter and bylaws detail an inclusive management framework, and commitment to accountability that ensures the longevity and success of our hosted open source projects and their respective communities. More at https://www.resf.org/.
This news release was issued by CIQ as a courtesy to expand visibility of the Rocky Linux project and the RESF.
Media Contact
Cristin Connelly, RESF, 4049316752, [email protected], www.resf.org
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