Linaro has driven open source software development on Arm since its foundation in 2010, providing the tools, Linux kernel quality and security needed for a solid foundation to innovate on. At the time, multiple companies were frequently trying to upstream the same code, causing fragmentation and delay to product deployments. Linaro was therefore formed to consolidate the Arm code base and provide a much needed collaborative forum for companies to work together on foundational open-source software on Arm.