iTWire Wednesday, 05 May 2021 09:31 Veteran Linux developer releases research on FOSS foundations Shares Martin Michlmayr: "I thought it would be interesting to study the role FOSS foundations play in making open source projects more sustainable and successful." Supplied Veteran Debian developer Martin Michlmayr has released two reports on foundations that support free and open source software, a primer that covers non-technical aspects and a research report that looks at the challenges that such foundations face. Asked why he had decided to carry out research on this topic, Michlmayr, a former leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project told iTWire that since funding was available, he thought it would be interesting to look at the role that such foundations played in bolstering open source projects.