Linux Foundation Newsletter: February 2023

In this edition, we're excited to share updates on the launch of the OpenWallet Foundation, a new survey and reports from LF Research on Web3 Sustainability and Enterprise Open Source, and great deals on LF Training & Certification courses. As always, we're keeping you updated on the latest community news and events. 

Contents

• OpenWallet Foundation Launches
• Training & Certification Deals
• Participate in the Tech Talent Survey
• New Research on Web3 Sustainability, Open Source Fragmentation, and Improving Enterprise Open Source Development
• LFX Mentorship
• Upcoming events
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Linux Foundation project news and updates
• LF in the media
• Follow us

OpenWallet Foundation Launches

• Linux Foundation Europe has announced the official launch of the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF), a new collaborative open source initiative developing software to support interoperability for a wide range of digital wallet use cases. The inaugural premier members sponsoring the OWF include Accenture, Deutsche Telekom / T-Systems, Gen, Futurewei, and Visa, with several general members also sponsoring the Foundation. More than 20 leading nonprofits, academic, and government entities have joined the Foundation. The OWF aims to provide a core open source software engine that other organizations and companies can leverage to develop their own digital wallets. The OWF underscores the importance of an open foundation to support a plurality of digital wallets to ensure consistency, interoperability, and portability while protecting consumer privacy.
• In case you missed it, earlier on February 23rd, the OWF hosted an interactive webinar discussing the importance of interoperable, secure, and privacy-protecting digital wallets (video). The panel, which brought together experts from multiple sectors, discussed the growing importance of digital wallets and the OWF's role in driving the development of digital wallet infrastructure. 
• For more information about the project and how to participate in this work, please visit openwallet.foundation, and read the new Linux Foundation report, Why the World Needs an Open Source Digital Wallet Right Now.

Training & Certification Deals

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Participate in the Tech Talent Survey 

LF Research is exploring the state of business hiring trends with the 2023 Tech Talent Survey. 

The 2023 Tech Talent Survey seeks to provide insights on hiring trends and skills in demand, especially in the uncertain job market of the open source technology sector. The results will be used to create a report that can help employers and hiring managers to make informed decisions and prioritize areas for investment in their companies. Your input will be extremely valuable; if you are hiring tech talent for your teams or supporting hiring tech talent, please take the survey here.

New Research on Web3 Sustainability, Open Source Fragmentation, and Improving Enterprise Open Source Development

A new report from Linux Foundation Research and Intel, Web3 and Sustainability: How We Can Reduce the Climate Impact of Blockchains; How Blockchains Can Help Reduce Our Own, is now available. The report highlights the importance of open source solutions, sustainability, standards, regulations, diversity, and inclusion for building sustainable blockchain infrastructure. 

Enabling Global Collaboration: How Open Source Leaders Are Confronting the Challenges of Fragmentation delves into the issue of fragmentation in the open source community, analyzing it across three areas: solution development, contributor integration, and community governance. The report identifies both positive and negative effects of fragmentation and provides actionable insights for managing it. Learn more about addressing challenges in open source solution development, governance, and global inclusion.

Learn how to develop an effective and impactful enterprise open source development strategy with key takeaways from the Linux Foundation Research report, A Road Map to Improve the Effectiveness and Impact of Enterprise Open Source Development. This report covers 12 ways to improve open source development, including fostering an open and collaborative mindset, adopting flexible IT infrastructure, tracking success with open source metrics, implementing innersource practices, and supporting open source talent. Follow these takeaways to drive innovation, reduce costs, and establish leadership in the open source community.

LFX Mentorship

• You’ve heard all about the new ChatGPT AI – we asked it what it learned about the latest LF Mentorship Showcase, a two-day event held in late January, and it was a lot! Read the blog here and watch the video replay here.
• Check out LF Live: Mentorship Series webinar A Whistlestop Tour of Embedded Linux - Mentor: Mark Brown, Kernel Maintainer & Contributor. Register for our upcoming webinar - How to Report and Handle Linux Kernel Regressions Mentor: Thorsten Leemhuis, Linux Kernel Regression Tracker
• Applications are open for RISC-V mentorships. Apply for the NucleusRV and Caravan mentorships now!
• The Linux kernel Bug Fixing Spring 2023 is now taking applications. This is an opportunity to gain a much deeper knowledge of many different areas of the Linux kernel, fix kernel bugs, and contribute to the kernel.

Upcoming events

CloudNativeCon 2019 in Barcelona. Join us in Amsterdam in April!

• AGL All Member Meeting Spring (March 8-9, Berlin)
• KubeCon+CloudNativeCon Europe (April 18-21, Amsterdam)
• Cephalocon (April 16-18, Amsterdam)
• ArgoCon (April 18, Amsterdam)
• CiliumCon (April 18, Amsterdam)
• Cloud Native Telco Day (April 18, Amsterdam)
• Cloud Native Wasm Day (April 18, Amsterdam)
• Istio Day (April 18, Amsterdam)
• Kubernetes Batch + HPC Day (April 18, Amsterdam)
• Kubernetes on Edge Day (April 18, Amsterdam)
• Linkerd Day (April 18, Amsterdam)
• Observability Day (April 18, Amsterdam)

To register (for in-person attendance or virtual), please view our full calendar of events here, and be sure to subscribe to our events newsletter. Check out our Flickr stream for photos of past events!

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

February is Black History Month, and we’re celebrating by spotlighting community leaders and highlighting their journeys. 

• Leaders in the mainframe industry share their personal experiences and thoughts on diversity in the field. Cameron Seay, Co-Chair of the Open Mainframe Project's COBOL Working Group, discusses the importance of training the next generation, while Byron Smith, Vice President of Mainframe Security at M&T Bank, shares his journey as a millennial mainframer. De'Vonna Dorton, Ecosystem Project Manager at NXP Semiconductors, talks about her journey with diversity and the role of the Zephyr Project. 
• On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Elizabeth Joseph, Developer Advocate at IBM and Chair of Open Mainframe Project's Software Discovery Tool, wrote about her journey and how the Open Mainframe Project helped her advance in her career and provided insights on breaking barriers in science and tech.
• Check out our new Diversity & Inclusivity resources page; Diversity Scholarships are offered for events. For more eligibility information and how to apply, please visit the individual event’s website (all listed here), click the “Attend” tab, and select the “Registration Scholarships” option. 
• The Linux Foundation's Travel Fund provides open source developers and community members with financial support to attend events they may not have been able to otherwise and prioritizes those from underrepresented or lower socioeconomic groups. Learn more about the fund and how to apply.

Linux Foundation project news and updates

Academy Software Foundation

• As noted in this blog by Hilary Carter, Many of the studios behind this year's top Oscar contenders, including "Avatar," "Pinocchio," and "Top Gun: Maverick," use open source software. The Academy Software Foundation provides a platform for open source developers in the media and entertainment industry to collaborate and create cutting-edge technologies for image creation, visual effects, animation, and sound. 
• Autodesk and DNEG contribute code to the Open Review Initiative, an umbrella project at the Academy Software Foundation working to build a unified open source toolset for playback, review, and approval of motion pictures and related professional media. Autodesk contributed Open RV, a new open source version of its media review and playback software, and DNEG contributed xSTUDIO, its playback and review application. 
• HP and Framestore joined the Academy Software Foundation as new members.

Automotive Grade Linux

• Registration is open for the bi-annual Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) All Member Meeting on March 8-9 in Berlin, Germany. The event brings together the automotive and tech industries to learn about the latest open source developments. 
• Stop by the AGL booth at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany, on March 14-16 to check out AGL infotainment and instrument cluster demos and open source automotive demos by AWS, Igalia, and AVL.

Call for Code

• David Clark Cause, IBM, the United Nations Human Rights, and the Linux Foundation have launched the 2023 Call for Code Global Challenge. This year's program challenges global developers, students, and startups to develop AI-powered technology projects that address sustainability issues such as reducing pollution, improving resource management, and protecting biodiversity. The program will have multiple rounds throughout the year, each with its own prizes and funding of up to $1.4 million. 

Continuous Delivery Foundation

• The CD Foundation announces five early-bird talks for its flagship event, cdCon 2023, in Vancouver, which will take place May 8-9, 2023. The event is co-organized by CDF and CNCF, bringing cdCon + GitOpsCon together and co-located with Open Source Summit North America.
• The CD Foundation launches the CDF User Stories Program, the first being from Fidelity Investments. The CDF User Stories Program features real-world use cases from companies embracing the change brought by Continuous Delivery, increasing their ability to deliver software with security and speed.

Dronecode Foundation

• Open Standards for Drones are moving the Drone Industry Forward. Introducing FMUv6X and FMUv6C, the latest Pixhawk Open Standards. They increase reliability, performance, and access to a trusted open hardware ecosystem. 

Delta Lake

• How to compact small files into larger files with the Delta Lake OPTIMIZE command.
  How to time travel between different versions of a Delta table with Delta Lake. 
  We are excited to share that Delta Lake users can now use Conda natively to manage their delta-spark dependency! Try it out today.
• NEW Release: Delta Lake Rust Lang API python bindings v0.7.0 was recently released with various fixes and refactoring. 
• On February 28th in London, Denny Lee and Simon Whiteley are coming together in person for this two-part session: Building Reliable Lakehouses with Delta Lake Primer and Simon & Denny Ask Us Anything! Learn about this meetup happening on February 28th in London here.
• D3L2 podcast episodes explore the inception of Delta Rust and the use of Rust and Python in data engineering, pipelines, and science. In another episode, Christina Taylor, a data engineer from Carvana, Bread Finance, and Walt Disney Company, discusses her journey from data warehousing to the lakehouse using Structured Streaming and Delta Lake. 

LF Energy

• Linux Foundation Energy Announces New Events, Projects, and Initiatives to Accelerate the Energy Transition in 2023
  • Speaking proposals are being accepted for two upcoming events: LF Energy Summit June 1-2 in Paris/Deadline Feb 17 and LF Energy Embedded Summit June 30 in Prague/Deadline Feb 27
• Learn the Basics of CoMPAS With These Free Tutorials
• PowSyBl v2023.0.0 RELEASE is Now Available
• OperatorFabric 3.12.0.RELEASE is Now Available
• CoMPAS Community Gathers to Collaborate and Advance the Project
• RTDIP Releases Development Roadmap in 2023

FinOps Foundation

• Join 1,000+ global FinOps practitioners from June 27-30 at FinOps X to collaborate, share best practices, gain thought leadership, and further your practice.
• First FinOps Roadshow is happening in Washington, D.C. It’s a day of government-focused content and networking with local FinOps practitioners near D.C.
• On March 21, FinOps communities across EMEA will be in Amsterdam for a full day of networking and content from thought leaders on FinOps topics.
• #1 New Release in Cloud Computing, the 2nd edition of the Cloud FinOps book, is available for sale. On top of a complete FinOps roadmap to get you started, this revised second edition includes new chapters that cover forecasting, sustainability, and connectivity to other frameworks.
  
  

LF Networking

• LF Networking is a leader in open source networking software and has partnerships with top telecommunications companies, networking providers, and governments and promotes easy and quick deployment and interoperability across the industry. Our 2022 Year in Review includes perspectives from LFN leaders on what to expect in the open source networking industry in 2023 and beyond.
• The LF Networking Mini ONE Summit is happening on May 10-12, 2023, at the Open Source Summit in Vancouver. This event will feature talks from industry experts about developing and operating open source networking products. To attend, add the Mini ONE Summit to your Open Source Summit North America registration. Note that pre-registration is required.
• Check out the new “LFN Community Voices” video series, with interviews of real developers working across the open source networking community of projects. Read the blog post, and check out the YouTube playlist. 
• LFN just wrapped up the first LFN Developer & Testing Forum of 2023. Over 300 developers gathered for four days of virtual, global collaboration across LFN and adjacent community projects. Videos and session content are available online. 
• The Anuket Project is running a short survey to learn how the community uses Anuket. Please take a few moments to complete this survey and help the Project learn about its use in the wild.

openIDL

• openIDL is an insurance-specific Open Governance Network that addresses common industry-wide challenges through collaboration between stakeholders and competitors in a consortium. Developed by the American Association of Insurance Services and moved to the Linux Foundation, openIDL harmonizes industry data, provides data privacy, and implements standardization through data formatting, tokenization, and interoperability standards. The network uses Hyperledger Fabric and other technologies to manage data, create transactions, and conduct secure and efficient data calls. openIDL represents a huge milestone for the insurance industry in solving industry-wide challenges collaboratively and securely.

Open3D Foundation and Open Metaverse Foundation

• The O3DE community will attend the Game Developers Conference from March 20-24 in San Francisco. The conference is an opportunity for developers to learn about the latest advances in game development. There will be several events related to open source technologies, including a talk by Royal O'Brien about how open source can help 3D content creators. There will also be roundtable discussions on the current state of open source in the game industry and a panel discussion about the O3DE Mobile Renderer and its impact.
• Attend the Open Metaverse Summit in Vancouver from May 10-12 to learn about the power of open source in the Metaverse. The summit is part of the Open Source Summit and features leading developers and innovators in the industry. Gain insights into open source technologies and understand why open collaboration is important for the open Metaverse. Connect with the open Metaverse community and register for the event through the Open Source Summit.
• In a panel discussion, Open 3D Foundation's Executive Director hosts a panel discussion with industry leaders, exploring the benefits of open source collaboration in mobile graphics and gaming development. The video covers the latest trends and standards, the Open 3D Engine community, the Mobile Device Working Group, and how to get involved. Hear from Amazon Web Services, Carbonated, Heroic Labs, Huawei, Imagination Technologies, and OPPO experts.
• In a podcast episode of Tales from the 3rd Dimension, Marc Petit from Epic Games and Royal O'Brien from the Open 3D Foundation discuss the significance of interoperability for game development and the Metaverse. They touch on real-time ray tracing, AI and ML advancements, and open source technology. Learn more about their insights on the future of 3D technology. 
• The Open Metaverse Foundation has published its playbook on Discord and is now in Phase 2, identifying required features. To join in building the open Metaverse, attend their weekly community meetings on Tuesdays at 1 PM EST on Discord. You can join the Focus Interest Group meetings if you have a specific area of interest.

OpenJS Foundation

• Node.js Security Progress Report: In our monthly progress report, the team handled more reports and more fixes than ever and started work on ecosystem issues, which will improve Node.js security in 2023.
• OpenJS World 2023: Registration is open for OpenJS World 2023. The event is co-located with Open Source Summit North America. Before the event, we will also host a collaborator summit on May 9, 2023. More details to come!

OpenSSF

• Submit to the call for proposals for OpenSSF Day at Open Source Summit North America on May 10, 2022. Join the open source community in discussing challenges and solutions for securing the OSS supply chain. 
• Join Us at the First OSS Security Meetup in Tokyo, Japan: Join us on February 28 in Tokyo for the first-ever OSS Security Meetup in Japan, hosted by OpenSSF Members. Connect with like-minded individuals and tackle OSS security challenges together. 
• Join Us at the First OSS Security Meetup in Hong Kong: Mark your calendars for the first-ever OpenSSF Meetup in Hong Kong on March 1! Join us for a keynote from Brian Behlendorf, a leading open source software movement figure. 
• Announcing the 1.0 Release of sigstore-python: OpenSSF Project Sigstore has released a stable version of the sigstore-python client, including a CLI and a Python API. This provides the community with a usable, reference-quality Sigstore client implementation.
• Independent Security Audit Impact Report: OpenSSF and Google partnered with OSTIF to sponsor security audits for critical projects, and the Independent Security Audit Impact Report is now available. Learn more about the impact of these audits and associated work in improving project security."
• Spotlight on OpenSSF Board Members: Join us as we highlight Tracy Ragan, CEO of DeployHub, and Vincent Danen, Vice President of Product Security at Red Hat. Learn about their expertise in supply chain management, DevOps practices, and software security in open source communities.
• 10 Sessions Not to be Missed from CloudNativeSecurityCon: OpenSSF attended CloudNativeSecurityCon in Seattle, WA, hosted by CNCF. The event united app developers and security experts to discuss modern security approaches and present solutions to security challenges. The full playlist from the conference is now available as well.
• Talking OSS Security in Europe: We discussed OSS security at multiple events this month, including the EU Open Source Policy Summit in Brussels, FOSDEM, and the State of OpenCon in London. 
• Feedback on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): OpenSSF weighs in on the proposed EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), promoting policies that increase security and resilience. 
• OpenSSF’s Year in Review: Our community is making strides in addressing global software security challenges through 30+ active software projects and technical initiatives. Read about our 2022 activities and highlights in our first annual report.

PyTorch Foundation

• Ask the Engineers Live Q&A Series Continues: Hear from engineers directly on PyTorch 2.0! This month we covered topics like TorchInductor, data loading, and capturing maximum batch size.
• Deprecation of CUDA 11.6 and Python 3.7 Support: For the upcoming PyTorch 2.0 feature release, we will target CUDA 11.7 as the stable version and CUDA 11.8 as the experimental version of CUDA and Python >=3.8, <=3.11.
• PyTorch Foundation Mini Summit: Join us at Open Source Summit North America in Vancouver, Canada, to connect with fellow PyTorch community members. Poster sessions, social networking opportunities, and more will be planned.

RISC-V

• RISC-V Summit Europe in Barcelona, 5-9 June, brings together the community to exchange knowledge, ideas, technologies, and research shaping the future of computing in Europe. 
• Come to the RISC-V stand at Embedded World 2023 to connect with eight member companies and attend talks on tools and autonomous vehicles.
• The RISC-V Mentorship Program matches mentors and project leaders with mentees from around the globe. We are excited to share the projects and experiences of our 2022 participants with our community.
• The RISC-V member community has ratified the Total Store Ordering and Embedded Base ISA extensions, incorporating feedback to enhance functionality. This allows developers to use familiar interfaces and port existing code to new applications. Learn more about the updates in the Unprivileged ISA specification, chapters 6 and 25.

Zephyr, ELISA, and Open Mainframe Project

• Getting started with Zephyr is as easy as flying a kite: new developer advocate Benjamin Cabe shares a few tips and resources in this blog for National Kite-Flying Day. 
• How does Zephyr RTOS fit into safety-critical applications? AlektoMetis CTO and Founder Nicole Pappler, Functional Safety Manager for the Zephyr Project, discusses this with TechStrong TV’s Mike Vizard in this video. 
• Join the Zephyr RTOS community in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 27-30 for the annual Zephyr Developer Summit. Now part of the new Embedded Open Source Summit umbrella, you can submit a speaking proposal, register to attend, or sponsor the event. 
• Işıl Öz, 2022 ELISA Project Mentee and Assistant Professor at Izmir Institute of Technology, shares her key learnings and mentorship experience in this final report.
• Open Mainframe Project’s Zowe was honored as the Best DevOps for Mainframe Solutions for the second year by DevOps Dozen Awards.   
• In this “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens, Vice President of Growth and Business Development and Senior Analyst at Futurum Research, chats with Meral Temel, Mainframe Platform Leader for JFORCE. 
• Feilong is an open source z/VM cloud connector project under the Open Mainframe Project umbrella that accelerates the z/VM adoption, extending its ecosystem and user experience. Learn more about the milestones and watch a new demo here. 

LF in the media

• Coverage of LF Research Study “Enabling Global Collaboration: How Open Source Leaders are Confronting the Challenges of Fragmentation,” coverage in The New Stack and Forbes 
• Coverage of the recently launched Overture Maps Foundation
• LFEU Executive Director Gabriele Columbro is mentioned in this FOSDEM roundup at the Register.
• A close look at security verifications for RISC-V. 
• Coverage of Ventana Micro and their huge RISC-V aspirations in server chips 
• Prominent publication terms RISC-V laptop the “ultimate open source laptop” 
• (Very early) speculation on Apple moving from ARM to RISC-V
• “The ability of students to build chips without having to pay a fee is a trend we’re watching very closely. RISC-V will enable more people to come into electrical engineering.” 
• O’Reilly Radar calls out RISC-V as a big trend to watch
• The three “Vs” of RISC-V: versatility, variety, and value and an explanation of why RISC-V is enjoying torrid growth

• An article covering how Zephyr is used for key capabilities in Google’s Chromebooks 

• Werf joins CNCF, adding to CI/CD offerings
• Why Kubernetes has emerged as the OS for Cloud Computing
• The power of PyTorch and Deep Learning — PyTorch cited in four new Nature reports articles — Link1, Link2, Link3, Link4
• AWS on why they support sustainable open source
• Hyperledger Executive Director Daniela Barbosa is quoted in the first paragraph of this TechCrunch article
• FINOS release of Common Domain Model covered in a prominent financial services journal
• Coverage of Microsoft joining the FinOps Foundation
• Coverage of the OpenVEX announcement 
• Coverage of LF Energy’s three new projects
• Mention of LF Energy’s Carbon Data Specification Consortium in an article talking about how carbon credits could be used to fund distributed energy projects
• Takeaways from CloudNativeSecurityCon 2023
• Dark Reading: Software Supply Chain Security Needs a Bigger Picture
• Profile of Project Alpha Omega from OpenSSF
• SC Media: Sigstore announces the first stable release of code and certificate signing tool for Python
• The New Stack: OpenSSF Aimed to Stem Open Source Security Problems in 2022
• TechTarget: OpenSSF GM talks funding legal software supply chain issues
• Paul’s Security Weekly: How Do We Raise the Floor for Software Quality? - Interview with Brian Behlendorf 

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