Linux Foundation launches BUILD Foundation to fund Bazel maintainers

BazelCon co-creator Helen Altshuler joins six initial members in a Linux Foundation initiative whose budget and governance remain unspecified.

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Bazel's users now have an industry-backed mechanism to support shared maintainers and tooling. Its impact will depend on the funding commitments and governance rules behind the launch.

Linux Foundation launches a Bazel foundation to fund maintainers and tooling — BazelCon co-creator Helen Altshuler joins six founding members in a Linux Foundation initiative whose budget and governance remain unspecified.

Helen Altshuler, who worked on Bazel at Google and co-created the first BazelCon in 2017, is among the industry figures backing a formal home for its shared infrastructure. The Linux Foundation launched the BUILD Foundation on October 14th at BazelCon in Amsterdam, with six initial members: ASML, Canva, Datadog, EngFlow, Figma and Spotify.…

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