GitHub, Inc.
General Information
Identification Code: 487494149616-50
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Wholly owned subsidiary
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 3/28/2023
Last Update: 3/26/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: GitHub is the world’s largest software development platform, enabling users and businesses to collaboratively develop 420+ million open-source and proprietary software projects. GitHub’s global community of 100+ million users globally and millions in Europe, including individual developers, startups, small businesses, large companies, NGOs, and governments. GitHub-hosted software projects include applications designed for web or mobile devices, as well as the source code that powers entire businesses. Developers on GitHub work together, sharing code and knowledge, to build the future of software. Through its policy work, GitHub works to advance positive outcomes for software developers, our broader community of users, and the software development ecosystem on issues such as copyright, open source software, platform regulation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Digital economy and society
- Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
- european
- national
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Digital Single Market, especially copyright and open source software
Artificial Intelligence Act
Cyber Resilience Act
Platform regulation
Communication Activities: GitHub met with Commission, Council, and Parliament staff on the Cyber Resilience Act and Artificial Intelligence Act.
GitHub has circulated position papers on Cyber Resilience Act and Artificial Intelligence Act.
GitHub representatives have joined public events on the above policy topics, including events hosted by OpenForum Europe.
See https://github.blog/category/policy/ for current posts on policy activities.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Artificial intelligence and digital
Head Office
Address: 88 Colin P Kelly Jr Street
Post Code: 94107
City: San Francisco
Country: UNITED STATES
Phone: [object Object]
EU Office
Address: 88 Colin P Kelly Jr Street
Post Code: 94107
City: San Francisco
Country: UNITED STATES
Phone: [object Object]
Financial Data
New Organisation: false
Closed Year: [object Object]
Current Year: [object Object]
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 3
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 0.800000011920929
Info Members: I person at 0.5 FTE, 3 people at 0.1 FTE or less, rounding to 0.8 FTE equivalent.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: None.
Organisation Members: GitHub is a sponsoring partner of OpenForum Europe.