Agreed. "What it looks like to release open source projects, how to shift ownership of projects from companies to the community, and how to make sure that open source projects remaining healthy and active" has been discussed for almost 20 years. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that they have something to contribute here, but why not hold the announcement until they actually say what they're going to say?

Would love to see someone from Github answer this question. Very curious what //TODO is about, what it actually does, etc.

I agree with boucher. I have read every page on http://todogroup.org/ (don't worry, there were only a handful). There is nothing concrete about "talk openly, develop openly" other than the list of inaugural companies ("Box, Dropbox, Facebook, GitHub, Google, Khan Academy, Square, Stripe, Twitter, and Walmart Labs" from the blog post, though only some of those are listed on the official website).

I suppose that this is neutral at worst. I had the fleeting, whimsical thought that Apple and Samsung ought to both join.

Came here to say this. Can't see any kind of mission statement other than there is a membership list and they committed to open source discussion.

I feel similarly. I have a vague idea for what the group is about, but not really any idea as to what the group will do or what participating in the group would mean. More information's due.