It will be in Portland, Oregon. Projects may range from tools development to kernel projects that advance the enterprise capabilities of Linux. It will be run by an independent board made up of members of the open source community as well as sponsoring companies. An independent executive director will implement the center's policies, make funding decisions, and help select projects. Other contributors and sponsors include Caldera, Dell, Linuxcare, LynuxWorks, Red Hat, SuSE, Silicon Graphics, TurboLinux, and VA Linux Systems.
Membership is open to the entire Linux community.