Following months of intense consultations, the Board of
Directors of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) voted to adopt an
Intellectual Property Agreement (IPA) that lays the groundwork for
building a unified embedded Linux platform specification. Details
will be available and working groups chartered at the March 12 ELC
Business/Technical meeting, being held in conjunction with the
Embedded Systems Conference 2002 (ESC2002) in San Francisco.The ELC Board consists of representatives from leading Linux
companies including IBM, LynuxWorks, MontaVista Software, Red Hat,
Samsung Electronics, and FSM Labs. IPA ratification and execution
ensures that the treatment of intellectual property by contributing
ELC members is well understood by all as the organization moves
forward to establish an embedded Linux platform specification that
fosters interoperability, prevents fragmentation and delivers a
more compelling business argument than either proprietary or
in-house solutions.“The IPA is a watershed event,” said ELC Chairman and CEO of
LynuxWorks, Dr. Inder Singh. “The ELC can now expand its activities
into a crucial new area that the membership has been asking for:
defining specifications for an open, multivendor embedded platform
for the fragmented embedded market.”