OSDL's Mobile Linux Initiative

Rob writes "The Open Source Development Labs has introduced a new initiative to accelerate the adoption of Linux in the mobile market by providing a forum for device manufacturers, network operators, and application developers. Like the OSDL's other working groups, the MLI will provide a forum for creating requirement specifications based on existing implementations and invest in existing and new mobile Linux projects to identify and fill gaps in the open source operating system's functionality."

Comments

Sounds like CELF

[Samrobb]

From the sound of it, it seems like they're going to be covering a lot of the same ground as the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (see the CELF home page.)

The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF), a California Non-Profit Corporation, is focused on the advancement of Linux as an open source platform for consumer electronics (CE) devices. The CELF intends to operate completely within the letter and the spirit of the open source community. The CELF is a place to come and discuss various issues that are of particular importance to the CE industry. Through an open process, the CELF members will clarify and codify certain requirements to be addressed in open source software. Thereafter, the CELF will evaluate any open source submissions as to their effectiveness and responsiveness to the requirements. Open source submissions accepted by the CELF Architecture Group and Steering Committee will be incorporated into the CELF source tree, which itself is open to the public.

There's some interesting stuff coming out of CELF, if you're interested in that sort of thing. IIRC, Matt Mackall (the author of the linux tiny set of patches) is now working for CELF. From other CELF members I've talked to, I can say that they seem to be a pretty techically oriented bunch. The individual CELF members aren't marketing types trying to push OSS developers to do their work for them, they're developers who have a real interest in pitching in and helping to make Linux a useful OS for consumer electronics.