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Linux Foundation Newsletter: April 2024

Written by The Linux Foundation | Apr 24, 2024 3:31:01 PM

We are excited to present the latest updates and highlights from the Linux Foundation in our April newsletter. This month’s edition is packed with information–a new technical release and project announcements, important surveys in the field plus a new report, exclusive training discounts, upcoming event details, and much more. Another month of opportunities–to learn, grow together, and actively engage with our vibrant community.

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OSSNA community shines in Seattle & and excitement builds for ONE Summit

Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds in conversation with Dirk Hohndel from the Verizon Open Source Program Office at Open Source Summit North America.

The open source community energy was high during Open Source Summit North America, Embedded Open Source Summit and Linux Security Summit, which took place at the Seattle Conference Center from April 16 to 18th, as well as co-located events SOSS Community Day, GitOpsCon North America, and Container Plumbing Days, which ran on April 15th. Conference highlights included a fireside chat with Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds and Verizon’s Dirk Hohndel, incredible keynotes announcing the launch of new projects such as OPEA, and Valkey, updates on technologies and hot topics such as AI, DLT, open governance, cybersecurity, and SBOMs, and special mainstage talks from program sponsors, as well as inspiring leaders including Kelsey Hightower and leading female inventor Lisa Seacat DeLuca. The morning and afternoon sessions and hallway tracks provided a rich experience for all. Adding to the fun was a daily raffle at the end of keynotes with fun prizes such as drones, gaming consoles, VR sets and Lego sets! All told, we had an amazing week and thank everyone who was able to join us, especially our sponsors, speakers, and attendees.

Next up: Meet us at ONE Summit, the premier event in networking, edge/IoT, AI and cloud native, taking place April 29 to May 1 in San Jose California. Focus on the best practices, technical challenges, and business opportunities facing network decision makers from Access to Edge to Cloud. Whether you’re deploying a 5G network, building government infrastructure, or using automation and networking to transform your business, this collaborative environment enables interaction with peers to learn about the open source networking technologies that will transform your business. Register today.

SPDX 3.0 release

SPDX 3.0 introduces a comprehensive set of updates, encompassing the model, specification, and license list, with the new addition of SPDX profiles to handle modern system use cases. This milestone marks a significant advancement in the world's most widely used Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) communication format. SPDX continues to drive the future of software package management with SPDX 3.0. To learn more about SPDX and its new features, including how to get involved and participate in the community, please visit the official SPDX website. 

New project announcements

Margo is a new open standard initiative for interoperability at the edge of industrial automation ecosystems. Drawing its name from the Latin word for edge, Margo defines the mechanisms for interoperability between edge applications, edge devices, and edge orchestration software. The open standard promises to bring much needed flexibility, simplicity, and scalability – unlocking barriers to innovation in complex, multi-vendor environments and accelerating digital transformation for organizations of all sizes. To learn more about Margo and how you can participate, please visit www.margo.org.

Launched as a response to a recent license change by Redis Inc, Valkey is an open source alternative to the Redis in-memory, NoSQL data store. Valkey will continue development based on Redis OSS 7.2.4 and will keep the project available for use and distribution under the open source Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 3-clause license. The project has already assembled a technical leadership committee of several former Redis contributors, and hundreds more community members have voiced their intent to support Valkey. To learn more about Valkey, please visit the project on GitHub.

At Open Source Summit North America, LF AI & Data Foundation proudly announced the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) as its latest Sandbox Project. This pioneering initiative unites industry leaders, including Anyscale, Cloudera, Datastax, Domino Data Lab, Hugging Face, Intel, KX, MariaDB Foundation, Minio, Qdrant, Red Hat, SAS, VMware (acquired by Broadcom), Yellowbrick Data, Zilliz and more to champion the development of open, multi-provider, robust, and composable GenAI systems.

LF Security launches to enable faster discovery of LF's security-focused projects and resources

LF Security brings together the myriad LF project communities, initiatives, resources, and infrastructure that each advance the security of software, including technical projects, standards and specifications, events and webinars, training and certification programs, research projects, and other tools and initiatives. Here, community members will discover where to find the latest guidance to avoid social engineering threats, and how to report a security vulnerability.

LF Research: New surveys + reports 

Influence open source strategy by participating in two new surveys

Are you familiar with the impact of standards on the IT industry? LF Research is running its second State of Open Standards study, examining how and why different organizations are involved in open standards adoption and contribution. This year, our aim is to understand why organizations prefer open standards, focusing on the legal and business case for open standards. 

 

Now in its third year, the World of Open Source Global Spotlight Survey continues its exploration into adoption, participation, and challenges of open source. This year's study focuses on the use/consumption of open source software, contribution trends, the value proposition of open source, and its sustainability around the world. Help support research that will inform strategy, policy, and decision-making!

 

Latest LF Research Reports

LF Research and LF Training & Certification partnered again this year to study trends in the technical talent market. Key findings indicate that despite headlines, only a minority of companies reduced their technical headcount in 2023, and companies are choosing to prioritize upskilling and cross-skilling over hiring to diversify their staff's skills. Discover how organizations are staying competitive through talent retention, acquisition and management by downloading the full report today!

 

In cloud native research, CNCF partnered with the LF  once again to develop its 2023 study, measuring adoption of CNCF projects, understanding motivations for use and contribution, and forecasting new opportunities. This year’s study finds important growth across this community, with Kubernetes maintaining its dominance in this space and wide adoption of public clouds.

 

LF Europe: Community highlights 

  • LF Webinar: The EU Cyber Resilience Act: A New Era for Business Engagement in Open Source Software
    • This month, Mirko Boehm led an insightful webinar focusing on the EU Cyber Resilience Act. Watch the recording to gain valuable insights into the implications of this legislation for businesses and open source communities operating within the EU. 
  • NGI Commons Workshop: Join us for a one-day workshop in Amsterdam on June 5th, hosted by NGI Commons. Explore the role of digital commons in European digital policy and collaborate on shaping priorities for policy making. Learn more.

Stay connected with LF Europe and join us in shaping the future of open source. Subscribe to our newsletter today!

Linux Foundation Projects: Featured news

OSSNA participants enjoyed the "stairway track" in the Seattle Convention Center's Summit Building

Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD)

  • Learn how NVIDIA and Ansys are partnering together to accelerate a new era of simulation with generative AI and OpenUSD. Watch the episode
  • Missed the panel at GTC24? Catch the on-demand video where all AOUSD founding members—including Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA—discuss the power of OpenUSD as a standard for the 3D internet. Watch it here.
  • Learn how Qvisten Animation rebuilt their 3D pipeline with OpenUSD, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Arnold, and SideFX Houdini to boost collaboration and efficiency. Learn more.  
  • What are OpenUSD schemas? Find out in the latest AOUSD explainer blog. 

CAMARA

  • CAMARA will be onsite at Open Networking & Edge Summit (April 29-May1 in San Jose), with a keynote session from member company Verizon about its use of Open APIs, as well as an overview  breakout session..  
  • CAMARA will present a virtual keynote at Telesemana’s LATAM 
  • The community just created a YouTube channel, where community interviews, speaking sessions, demos, and other project-related videos will be published. 

CNCF

  • CloudNativeSecurityCon is the leading conference dedicated to cybersecurity in cloud-native environments, highlighting cutting-edge trends, best practices, and innovative solutions. Join industry experts and professionals to explore the dynamic landscape of securing cloud-native infrastructure and applications. Stay tuned for the schedule release on May 8th, and register today to secure your spot!
  • The call for papers (CFP) for gRPC Conf is officially open! Don't miss the opportunity to submit your proposal by the deadline on May 19th.
  • KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 was the CNCF’s largest event  the CNCF emphasized that AI advancements signal a new era of growth for open-source technologies. The event showcased how AI is driving innovation and collaboration within the cloud-native community.
  • The New Stack discusses why Flux, despite concerns about its future after Weaveworks, remains a vital tool in the Kubernetes ecosystem. It explores Flux's continued relevance and adoption, showcasing its resilience within the container orchestration landscape. Read the article now.

Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF)

  • The CD Foundation’s fifth State of CI/CD Report is live! Read the Report.
  • Next Continuous Delivery Workshop is on April 30. Join Neil McGonigle from Fidelity Investments to learn how to Enable a Vibrant Open Source Community. Attend for free and get all your questions answered live!

Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)

  • DIF is excited to announce that Presentation Exchange v2.1 has reached a significant milestone and is now under review for Working Group Approval. For more information, read the blog.
  • DIF also recently announced a partnership with KuppingerCole, a respected European analyst company focusing on identities and access management, their governance, and risk management to facilitate innovation and secure, privacy-maintaining information management. Read the blog for details.

DENT

eBPF Foundation

  • eBPF Foundation board chair Thomas Graf contributed and article to DevOpsDigest providing an overview of the current state of eBPF and the foundation’s latest research.
  • TFIR interviewed eBPF Foundation marketing committee member Bill Mulligan about the first State of eBPF report which aims to inform technology decision-makers about the technology and some of its use cases.
  • The first ever eBPF Day India took place March 16, with speakers from IBM, Intel, Walmart, and more. Read the recap.

Enabling Linux in Safety Applications (ELISA)

  • The ELISA Project showed off a new demo at Embedded World earlier this month in the Collabora booth. The demo is a heterogenous example system that is fully based on open source (consisting of Linux, Zephyr RTOS, and Xen) and represents recent SW architectures found in industries like Automotive Software Defined Vehicles and Aerospace. Learn more. 

    Guy Lunardi, VP of Business Development at Collabora, with Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, in front of the ELISA demo at Embedded World.
  • The ELISA Project has eight working groups that focus on advancing a spcific goal forward. Philipp Ahmann, Chair of the ELISA Project Technical Steering Committee and Technical Business Development Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH, shares an update on the Automotive Working Group. To learn more, watch the video or check out the PPT.

FinOps Foundation

FINOS

  • Join FINOS at their virtual Q2 All Community Call on Thursday, May 2nd at 11 am ET / 4 pm BST for exciting updates and a view of what’s happening in FINOS this quarter and beyond. Register your place here.
  • The schedule is now live for the FINOS Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF), London June 26th. View the agenda here.
  • FINOS has launched an ambassador program you can be part of! Learn more and register your interest to become a FINOS ambassador today.
  • FINOS recently announced the launch of the FINOS Project Sandbox, a dedicated environment designed to empower FINOS members and the broader open finance community to accelerate innovation and experimentation. Learn more here.

GraphQL

Hyperledger Foundation

  • Cointelegraph Brazil reports on the Brazil Development Bank (BNDES) joining Hyperledger Foundation and the formation of the Hyperledger Besu Financial Services Working Group, which counts the Central Bank of Brazil as a founding member.
  • The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) shared details of a sandbox connector for CBDC that leverages Hyperledger Besu, Fabric and FireFly.
  • The Notarial College of Brazil – Federal Council (CNB/CF) announced that, staring April 2nd, the new National Organ Donation Center in Brazil would use a Hyperledger Fabric-based network to ensure the integrity of information
  • The call for applications for the annual Hyperledger Mentorship Program opened. This post and this video offer details on why and how to apply. The deadline is May 10.
  • Hyperledger Foundation will once again be on site at Consensus by Coindesk (May 29-31 in Austin), hosting demos from members of Hyperledger tech in action. Get details and a discount code here.
  • Daniela Barbosa, Hyperledger Foundation's Executive Director, will take to the virtual stage on April 24 at 12:30 pm ET during the annual Women in Tech Global Conference for a talk on Building the Next Generation of Financial Systems: Where, Why and How to Be Part of the New Digital Economy. Get details here and read an interview with Daniela previewing the talk here.
  • For more updates from Hyperledger Foundation, check out the current and past issues of Hyperledger Horizons.

LF AI & Data

LF Edge

LF Energy

  • LF Energy has announced new open source initiatives for substation digitalization and energy AI and data, along with new projects, members, partnerships, and more.
  • LF Energy released its first ever annual report, providing detailed information on the progress in its mission to create a technology ecosystem that enables decarbonization of the energy sector through innovation and interoperability. 
  • The Open Sustainability Policy Summit, hosted by Johns Hopkins University in partnership with LF Energy, will take place May 2-3 in Washington, DC. Free registration is available.
  • The Open EV Charging Summit will take place May 15-16 in Dallas, hosted by Texas Instruments in partnership with LF Energy. Registration is free.
  • Speaking proposals are being accepted through May 16 for LF Energy Summit, taking place September 5-6 in Brussels.
  • LF Energy CitrineOS v1.1.0 is now available, adding advanced device management and user interface support to the open source EV charging management system.
  • The specification of the forecasting operations in the TROLIE OpenAPI specification is now considered stable. TROLIE is establishing an open conformance standard and cultivating a software ecosystem to accelerate the implementation of reliable, secure, and interoperable systems for the exchange of transmission facility ratings and related information.

LF Networking

  • LFN’s premiere event, Open Networking & Edge (ONE) Summit, happens April 29-May 1 in San Jose, CA. It brings together the entire open networking & edge ecosystem for a week of collaboration, strategy, hallway tracks, face to face interaction to push the industry towards digital transformation. The event includes 4 tracks as well as a handful of co-located events. Registration is still open. 
  • LFN Developer & Testing Forum happens alongside ONE Summit, May 2-3 in San Jose, and provides project developers the opportunity to meet & collaborate F2F to further project architecture. 
  • GM of Networking, Edge and IoT, Arpit Joshipura, presented a keynote address at FutureNet World in London on April 19, covering “Network Automation & AI: The Open Way”
  • Recent project releases include Nephio R2 and ONAP Montreal. 

Open Mainframe Project 

  • On April 7, 2024, the mainframe celebrated its 60 year milestone and are poised to dominate the technology landscape for decades to come. One of the major reasons for this longevity is that mainframes are built with an open source mindset that makes them flexible and adaptable for users. To recognize this special day, Open Mainframe Project  sat down with leading mainframe experts to get their perspectives on why the mainframe remains dominant today and why it will continue to blaze trails in the years and decades to come. We invite you to read the new report that highlights why we are so optimistic about the mainframe and what industry leaders are saying about its future. 
  • The 2024 Arcati Mainframe Report surveys mainframe organizations each year to see what technologies are being used and which ones are going out of favor. This year, 89% of respondents indicated that Open Mainframe Project’s Zowe was either running now, or soon will be by the end of the year. Learn more about how to get involved with Zowe, an open source software framework for the mainframe, and training programs in this video. 
  • Donna Hudi, Chief Marketing Officer at Phoenix Software and Chair of the Open Mainframe Project Marketing Committee, recaps insight from Women’s History Month and a few amazing thought leaders in this blog. Additionally, a few other Open Mainframe ambassadors and thought leaders shared their stories:

Open Programmable Infrastructure (OPI) Project

  • OPI Project will be at ONE Summit, happening on April29-May 1 in San Jose. On April 30, Paul Pindell, Principal Architect at F5 and OPI Outreach Committee Chair, will present an end to end demo that features initial provisioning of DPU/IPUs utilizing the sZTP framework that has been adopted by the project at 2-2:30 pm PT. Learn more here. See the demo in person at the OPI booth in the sponsor showcase. 

OpenJS Foundation

  • We're calling all open source maintainers to be alert for social engineering takeover attempts and to take steps to protect their open source projects, after a failed credible takeover attempt.
  • OpenJS launched a new Healthy Web Checkup tool in an effort to secure the consumer web that checks for the latest versions of popular web technology jQuery.
  • OpenJS welcomed Hero Devs as the newest Gold Member. HeroDevs helps companies solve the problem of what to do when open source projects are sunsetted, reach end of life, or are otherwise no longer maintained and supported.
  • Just launched: The Node.js Documentary from Honeypot.io! Watch the full video.
  • Deck.gl v9 is now available. Big shoutout to our Open Visualization teams at Foursquare and CARTO.
  • Node-RED has been working on some great improvements lately, including the first beta release of Node-RED 4.0 release. We caught up with Hitachi's Kazuhito Yokoi to find out why it's becoming so popular in Industrial IoT applications.
  • ESLint v9.0.0 has been released.
  • Check out what our Node.js contributors + community members discussed and brainstormed at the collab summit held earlier this month in London.

OpenSSF

  • We're headed back to Europe on May 14 to host the Secure Open Source Software (SOSS) Policy Summit EU in Brussels, Belgium. We will feature speakers from the European Commission, EU Parliament, ENISA, BSI, Meta, Samsung, Ericsson, Microsoft, and SAP among others. Register today!
  • The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) announced new general members Ada Logics, The Boeing Company, Chainloop, Defense Unicorns, Ensignia, Hedera, and StepSecurity and other initiatives. 
  • The OpenSSF, in collaboration with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), announced the launch and availability of Protobom, a new and innovative open source software supply chain tool.
  • Golden Egg Award Winners: Christopher “CRob” Robinson won the Golden Egg Award for Community Engagement for his leadership along with Andres Freund for their outstanding contribution in detecting the XZ vulnerability.
  • “What’s in the SOSS?” Podcast is Now Live: Get a taste of all the ingredients that make up secure open source software (SOSS) by listening to the podcast.
  • Open Source Security and OpenJS Foundations Issue Alert: The recent attempted XZ Utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094) may not be an isolated incident as evidenced by a similar credible takeover attempt intercepted by the OpenJS Foundation.
  • Join Us at SOSS Fusion 2024 on Oct 22-23: Experience the future of technology and security.
  • Take the 2024 Secure Software Development Education Survey today! 

Overture Maps Foundation

  • Overture Maps announces the Beta release of our global open map dataset, moving us closer to production-ready data for diverse applications. Learn more about the release and join the beta testing. 
  • Overture Maps is in beta and we need your insights! Help us improve our global open map dataset by answering some key questions on our blog.
  • Overture's Executive Director Marc Prioleau recently shared insights on the importance of open map data for innovation and economic growth on InfoWorld. Learn how this approach can transform sectors across the globe.

PyTorch Foundation

  • Call for proposals for PyTorch Conference 2024 are now live. Submit to speak until June 7.
  • We recently announced the alpha release of torchtune. torchtune is a PyTorch-native library for fine-tuning LLMs. It combines hackable memory-efficient fine-tuning recipes with integrations into your favorite tools.
  • Join us for the premiere of the PyTorch Documentary in Paris on June 18. Register here to secure your spot.
  • Check out the latest webinar with Intel AI about predicting wildfires using PyTorch.

RISC-V

  • RISC-V announced that 40 new technical specifications have been ratified in the past two years, adding to an extensive list of ratified specifications.
  • Learn from RISC-V experts and gain hands-on experience with one of our four summer mentorships! Apply by 13th May. 
  • RISC-V Summit is back in Santa Clara, California on the 22nd - 23rd October! The global RISC-V community – including technical, industry, domain, ecosystem and special interest groups – will meet to share technology breakthroughs, industry milestones, and case studies, as well as to network and build relationships. Sponsorship and registration are now open!
  • RISC-V Summit Europe takes place in Munich on the 24th - 28th June, connecting the European ecosystem, from industry and government, to research, academia and support. We hope to see you there!
  • Find out the latest news from our Horizontal Committees, ISA Committees, Task Groups, and Special Interest Groups in our latest Technical Newsletter. 
  • Discover our continuously updated RISC-V Landscape, a living document that provides invaluable insights into the diverse RISC-V ecosystem.

SONiC

  • SONiC Workshop, a co-located event at ONE Summit 2024, is happening on April 29, 1 - 5 PM at San Jose Convention Center. Come learn about the latest developments of SONiC from industry experts including innovations in NOS management, improvements in routing, software-defined networking, and system design.
  • As SONiC continues to reshape the landscape of network operations, new deployment studies from organizations Orange and Alibaba Cloud illustrate the potential for cost-savings and efficiency across real-world network infrastructures. Read the SONiC deployment studies from Orange and Alibaba Cloud.
  • The latest SONiC release brings forth comprehensive improvements, particularly in security, configuration management, module handling, IPv6 functionality, and virtualization capabilities.

TODO Group

  • OSPOlogyLive Malmö hosted by IKEA (May 30-31) - OSPOlogyLive Malmö brings together different stakeholder groups engaging in open source. A day of insightful presentations with Q&A, and roundtable unconference style sessions. Topics include:
    • Adopting open source practices within companies (InnerSource) to foster a collaborative culture
    • EU regulations affecting OSPOs
    • How to maintain software security and license compliance in a world of AI-generated code
    • OSPO and InnerSource metrics
    • Practical issues on how to consume/use proprietary and open source products and contribute to OSS

This event is possible with support from representatives of different open source foundations and projects like InnerSource Commons Foundation, CHAOSS, TODO Group, Foundation for Public Code, Linux Foundation Europe, LF Energy, OpenSSF, SPDX and OpenChain.

RSVP & view the agenda here.

Zephyr

The Embedded World Exhibition & Conference Germany 2024 attracted over 32,000 visitors and 1,100 exhibitors from across the globe, setting new records for participation. The Zephyr Project stood out once again, showcasing its potential with demos, presentations, and products powered by the Zephyr RTOS. 

Collaborating with notable companies, the Zephyr booth displayed cutting-edge demos and offered insights into the diverse applications powered by Zephyr. Additionally, member companies presented innovative products running on Zephyr, ranging from smart irrigation systems to animal trackers. Booth presentations and conference sessions provided deeper insights into Zephyr RTOS.

The Zephyr Project also participated in the IoT Stars event, emphasizing collaboration within the IoT ecosystem.

The overwhelming support and enthusiasm from attendees reflect the continuous growth and success of the Zephyr Project.

Zephyr project at Embedded World & Conference 2024, Germany.

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