The New York Times

Several large technology firms have formed the TODO Project, a group dedicated to expediting and making open source development more focused. TODO, which stands for "talk openly, develop openly," was the brainchild of Facebook's open source team. Other founding members include Google and Twitter, cloud storage firms Box and Dropbox, open source repository Github, and online learning platform Khan Academy. Although the group has not announced what open source software it plans to focus on, it has said its priorities will be promoting standards for updating open source software, securing legal compliance, and generally developing and promoting best practices for open source development. "There is a problem here we all feel is not getting better anytime soon," says Facebook's Jay Parikh. "We feel there is a speed at which things have to move." Since the project was announced, more than 30 other companies, including The New York Times, have added themselves to its roster, although it is unclear what the standards are for joining.  To read further, please visit http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/an-alliance-of-major-players-to-guide-open-source-software/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0.