Linux Foundation Forms Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF): MCP, Goose, AGENTS.md, and A2A Under Neutral Governance

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The Linux Foundation announced formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to govern core agentic infrastructure, with initial contributions including Anthropic's MCP, Block's goose framework, and the AGENTS.md specification — joining Google's previously donated A2A protocol. AWS, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP, and ServiceNow are participating organizations. The consolidation signals that both inter-agent communication (A2A) and tool access (MCP) are moving to vendor-neutral open governance — a structural shift in the protocol landscape.