The Open Container Project

The Open Container Projecthas announced itsexistence. "Housed under the Linux Foundation, the OCP's missionis to enable users and companies to continue to innovate and developcontainer-based solutions, with confidence that their pre-existingdevelopment efforts will be protected and without industryfragmentation. As part of this initiative, Docker will donate the code forits software container format and its runtime, as well as the associatedspecifications. The leadership of the Application Container spec ("appc")initiative, including founding member CoreOS, will also be bringing theirtechnical leadership and support to OCP."