Embedded Linux Consortium Transfers IP to OSDL
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, has announced that the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC), an industry consortium promoting the adoption of embedded Linux, will transfer the ELC Platform Specification (ELCPS) and related intellectual property to OSDL. The ELCPS represents five years of global development by leading vendors to define a platform for embedded developers. "Our first mission – gaining traction for Linux as an embedded operating system – has been achieved," said Dr. Inder Singh, ELC Chairman and CEO of LynuxWorks, an OSDL member company. "The market’s need for a Linux focal point is already being served by OSDL. By combining efforts with OSDL, our transfer accelerates market penetration. Embedded Linux is now more attractive than ever."
"OSDL is pleased to receive the ELCPS and its related IP," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. As a part of OSDL’s mission, we look forward to finding ways to work more closely with the embedded Linux community. Making the ELCPS available on our Web site is a solid first step." The ELC’s standards mission, launched in early 2002, has focused on developers to build out a robust, multi-level specification. Under the agreement with OSDL, developers will be able to download the ELCPS from the OSDL Web site free of charge.
The ELC was formed in early 2000 as a vendor-neutral trade association dedicated to advancing the depth, breadth and speed of Linux adoption in the enormous embedded computer market. At peak, the ELC enjoyed more than 160 members including more than 110 large, medium and small corporations. The ELC offered membership at no cost to individual developers who demonstrated their participation in the open source code base of the Linux operating system.
OSDL is dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 by CA, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel and NEC, OSDL is a non-profit organization at the center of Linux supported by a global consortium of more than 60 of the world’s largest Linux customers and IT industry leaders.