[yocto-ab] Form submission from: Yocto Project Participant Registration

[Osier-mixon, Jeffrey]

Hello Bhaskar - thanks very much for your submission to the Yocto
Project compliance program. My only concern here is that the
application is coming from a large company with more than 80 people. I
see you have answered yes to question 5. I understand that AMD is
already a member of the Linux Foundation, but the Yocto Project is
separate in that regard - the question asks whether you are an
existing Yocto Project member organization. YP is part of the Linux
Foundation in the sense that we are an LF Collaborative Project - we
operate under their legal umbrella, we share some resources with them,
etc. - but in most aspects we are a separate organization, in the same
way that, for example, Hadoop is a distinct project even though it
operates under the Apache Foundation.

Due to the company size, the only way AMD would qualify for YP
Participant status is to join the project as a member organization. I
would be very happy to talk with you about this possibility. There are
two tiers of membership with annual dues that help pay for
infrastructure and outreach, plus members get a vote on the Advisory
Board which helps them guide the project in concert with the other
organizations - 16 at this point. YP is a true open source project
that is not owned by any single organization and we work hard to
represent all of our members equally. For the price of dues, AMD would
have its name cemented in association with the Yocto Project, the BSP
would be able to be hosted on the official YP servers, plus a number
of other benefits. Let me know if this sounds like something you would
like to pursue.

thanks

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Yocto Project
<webmaster at yoctoproject.org> wrote:
> Submitted on Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 01:45
> Submitted by anonymous user: [202.56.249.162]
> Submitted values are:
>
>    --Contact information--
>      Organization / project name: AMD GSeriesSOC BSP
>      Contact name: Bhaskar Mukkamala
>      Contact email address: bhaskar.mukkamala at amd.com
>      URL to organization or product link: amd.com
>      Registration date: 2014-01-02
>      Compliance Agreement revision: 1.0
>
>
> Criteria:
>   - Working towards and supporting the aims and objectives of the Yocto
> Project. These include decreasing the fragmentation of embedded ecosystem
> and
> focusing around a common shared set of tools, formats and best practices. We
> want to avoid multiple groups of people repeating the same work and have one
> set of great tools rather than multiple tools with drawbacks.: Yes
>   - Committed to promoting the OpenEmbedded architecture, layer model, and
> BSP
> format.: Yes
>   - Committed to sending to the open source community any patches to
> OpenEmbedded-Core, BitBake and other Yocto Project layers.: Yes
>   - Aiming for compatibility and interoperability among different metadata
> layers.: Yes
>   - Are a non-profit, small business (up to 80 employees), or existing Yocto
> Project member organization, or if the project's parent organization is an
> open-source project.: Yes
> Explanation:
> AMD is already a participating member in the Linux foundation.
> This project is intended to create a board support package for AMD hardware
> that is Yocto compatible.
>
>
> The results of this submission may be viewed at:
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/node/351545/submission/82
>
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Jeff Osier-Mixon @Intel
Yocto Project Community Manager http://yoctoproject.org