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*4300 developers per year, from 500 companies - [https://www.zdnet.com/article/whos-building-linux-in-2017/]
*4300 developers per year, from 500 companies in 2017 - [https://www.zdnet.com/article/whos-building-linux-in-2017/]
*The number of unpaid developers continues a slow decline - [https://www2.thelinuxfoundation.org/linux-kernel-development-report-2016]

Latest revision as of 21:22, 29 October 2019

15,600 developers since 2005 "when the adoption of Git made detailed tracking possible"

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2017/10/2017-linux-kernel-report-highlights-developers-roles-accelerating-pace-change/

Annual

  • 4300 developers per year, from 500 companies in 2017 - [1]
  • The number of unpaid developers continues a slow decline - [2]