IiHacks ezinje ngeYahoo! Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, bendiyikhankanyile kuba yayindenza ndiqonde ukuba kuya kufuneka wenze iiphasiwedi ezinamandla kwaye ungazisebenzisi kwakhona, okanye abanye abafana ne-Twitter yakutshanje yimizekelo emikhulu ebonisa ukuba yonke into enokwenziwa kukhuseleko encinci. Ngesi sizathu, ulwazi olufana nolo sikulethela lona namhlanje lusenza sonwabe: kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ibhengeziwe Ukudalwa kwe I-OpenSSF, Esisigama se-Open Source Software Foundation.
Into yokuqala ekufuneka siyithethe nge-OpenSSF kukuba yimbumba kwaye iinkampani ezinjengeGoogle, Intel, Microsoft okanye IBM zithatha inxaxheba kuyo, kodwa yintoni eyona nto inomdla okanye eya kutsala umdla wabafundi bebhlog efana Linux Adictos kukuba kunjalo ixhaswe yiLinux Foundation, ongasemva kweeprojekthi ezinje nge empuma yeedrones. Kwaye ukuba isoftware yomthombo ovulekileyo iyafumana ixesha elingaphezulu kwexesha, ukuya kuthi ga kwiipesenti ezingama-69 zeengcali ezikholelwa ukuba olu hlobo lwesoftware lubalulekile okanye lubaluleke kakhulu.
I-OpenSSF, ixhaswe sisiseko seLinux kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kukaGoogle noMicrosoft
Injongo okanye isizathu sokwenza i-OpenSSF kukudibanisa iinkokheli zeshishini ezahlukeneyo ukuphucula ukhuseleko lwesoftware evulekileyo, I-OSS isifinyezo sayo ngesiNgesi (isoftware evulekileyo). Ngenxa yoku, iinkampani eziyinxalenye yeqela ziya kugxila ekudaleni amanyathelo aqinisekileyo, zilungelelanise ezona ndlela zicetyiswayo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. UJim Zemlin, u-CEO weLinux Foundation, uyicacisa ngoluhlobo:
Siyakholelwa ukuba umthombo ovulekileyo uyinto elungileyo eluntwini kwaye kuwo onke amashishini sinoxanduva lokuhlangana ukuze siphucule kwaye sixhase ukhuseleko lwesoftware evulelekileyo esixhomekeke kuyo sonke. Ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lomthombo ovulekileyo yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo esinokuzenza, kwaye kufuna ukuba wonke umntu kwihlabathi jikelele ancede kumzamo. I-OpenSSF iya kubonelela ngeqonga lenzame yokwenyani yokusebenzisana kuwo onke amashishini.
Isiseko seLinux sikwatsho ukuba baninzi abaphuhlisi kunye nabanikeli ababandakanyekayo kwinkqubo yokuvula isoftware yomthombo ovulekileyo, ke kubalulekile ukuba abo bajongene nokhuseleko lwabasebenzisi babo okanye imibutho banokuqonda kwaye baqinisekise ukhuseleko lwalo mxokelelwane wokuxhomekeka. Uyilo lwe-OpenSSF ngu yenzelwe ukudibanisa iiprojekthi ezikhokelayo Ukhuseleko lomthombo ovulekileyo nabantu kunye nemibutho exhasa la manyathelo.
Abasebenzisi beLinux bahlala bezolile malunga nokukhuseleka kwesoftware esiyisebenzisayo, kodwa ukufika kwe-OpenSSF ngokuqinisekileyo ziindaba ezilungileyo.