Chair, Architecture Group DLNA Notes and Ideas Tim Bird Chair, Architecture Group of the CE Linux Forum

Outline CELF Introduction Ideas to support DLNA open source efforts Notes on working with DLNA organization

CE Linux Forum The CE Linux Forum (CELF) is focused on the advancement of Linux as an open source platform for consumer electronics devices.

CELF Basic Structure Board of Directors Marketing Group Architecture Group Technical Workgroup Technical Workgroup

AG voting members ARM ETRI Hitachi IBM Intel Mitsubishi Monta Vista Motorola NEC NXP Panasonic Philips Samsung Sharp Sony TimeSys Toshiba

AG Role Oversee technical working groups Manage forum technical outputs Source code Specifications Oversee technical projects and special initiatives Test lab, wiki, conferences, contract work Liaison with the open source community and other organizations

CELF Technical Work Technical Workgroups Contract work Conferences Technical output Special Projects

Technical Workgroups Audio, Video, Graphics Boot Technologies Digital Television Memory Management Power Management Real Time Security System Size

CELF Test Lab Located in San Jose Run regression tests on Linux kernel Support for automated and remote operation Power control, serial console, etc Test scheduling via a web interface Run regression tests on Linux kernel Results published at testlab.celinuxforum.org One example: Bloatwatch

Hardware Donations Architecture Group has small amount of money to use to donate hardware to community developers

DLNA Relationship CELF is a member of DLNA's liaison program This gives us early access to specs under NDA We also get 3 free specifications, as they are made available to the public

Ideas to support DLNA effort Specifications Hardware Plugfests DLNA Certification DLNA Test Suites Sponsoring DLNA membership Code donation Work Donation Summits Funded Project work

Specifications CELF can donate DLNA specifications to open source projects. We get 3 copies for free We could purchase more if necessary 2 copies of the spec have already been delivered I have one sitting on my desk in San Jose I also have 3 stacks of update documents sitting on my desk Who would like these?

Hardware It might be nice to provide hardware for DLNA compatibility testing How to get hardware: CELF has a small budget for hardware for developers CELF could allocate additional funds for this specific purpose CELF could ask members to donate requested products What hardware is desireable?

Plugfests DLNA hosts plugfests These are events where companies bring their products to test interoperability. They are covered by NDA I don't think it’s a good fit for open source How about hosting our own plugfest - either standalone or at a CELF conference CELF could provide hardware (see previous slide), venue or logistical support for an event

DLNA Certification DLNA certification can be obtained through a DLNA- certified lab You must be a DLNA member to certify (I think) Maybe a lab can test interoperability, without granting an official certification I believe certification is granted to a software/hardware combination It might not make sense to try to certify software by itself Maybe the certification should be the responsibility of the hardware maker who uses an OSS DLNA stack

DLNA Test Suites Test suites from the DLNA organization are available to DLNA members CELF members may have DLNA test suites they would be willing to loan, or make open source, for use by OSS DLNA projects

Sponsoring DLNA Membership CELF could pay for DLNA membership for an organization that was leading an open source DLNA project CELF could convince DLNA to create a special class of member for open source projects Given the IP rules for DLNA membership, this seems unlikely to work

Code donation One or more CELF members could donate code to seed or assist and open source effort

Work donation CELF members could apply engineering resources to OSS DLNA project work Work could be development, testing, documenting, etc.

Summits CELF and/or DLNA could support future summits, if this one is helpful

Funded Project work CELF could fund DLNA development and maintenance work

Notes on working with DLNA DLNA chair and board DLNA contact information How to influence DLNA

DLNA Chair and Board Scott Smyers (Sony) is the Chair of DLNA Interesting Trivia: Scott Smyers founded CELF and DLNA the same day - June 23, 2003. (one in Tokyo and one in San Francisco) DLNA Board of Directors is: Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Intel, Microsoft, HP, Nokia 7 out of 8 are CELF companies, friendly to open source

DLNA Contact information CELF's DLNA liaison is Manjunath Ramachandra DLNA's Industry Liaison Subcommittee Chairman is Michael Stelts DLNA's executive director is Donna Moore DLNA's Ecosystem Committee chairs are Scott Loffgren of Intel and Jim Battaglia of Pioneer. This group might have an interest in supporting open source projects around DLNA.

Influencing DLNA Scott believes the board would consider adopting an open source DLNA stack as a reference stack Scott recommends pushing things through the liaison or ecosystem groups, but also by having a board member bring up a topic directly to the board (for funding, requests, etc.) Scott believes the DLNA would be responsive to funding requests for certain activities Should consider DLNA assistance in all activity ideas for CELF sponsorship

Discussion and brainstorming