OpenEmbedded and The Yocto Project - Revision history

Rpurdie at 22:06, 18 March 2024

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	===Why two organizations?===		===Why two organizations?===

	~~Without going into~~ a lot of history~~, the straight forward answer is that;~~ OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system ~~many years ago~~. ~~Keeping OpenEmbedded as a separate entity allows~~ it to ~~continue to serve the needs of~~ the ~~OpenEmbedded developers and larger~~ community ~~of people using OpenEmbedded (including~~ the Yocto Project).		There is a lot of history behind this but it amounts to needing decision making processes both for developer/community interests and also having decision making processes which can work for business/commercial interests. OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers and community who created the OpenEmbedded build system. Without it, it would be hard to quantify and represent the developer community which supports the open source project. Yocto Project membership is the other half of this equation and the two balance and work together symbiotically.

	While OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project are distinct entities, and each runs their domains differently, it is important to note that ''both'' have the same goal of advancing and enabling Embedded Linux, and both benefit from each other in a symbiotic relationship.		While OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project are distinct entities, and each runs their domains differently, it is important to note that ''both'' have the same goal of advancing and enabling Embedded Linux, and both benefit from each other in a symbiotic relationship.

JPEWhacker at 21:52, 18 March 2024

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	The Yocto Project is a [https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Linux Foundation] project which primarily provides resources to help encourage and sustain development of Embedded systems using OpenEmbedded. The Yocto Project consumes from and contributes back to OpenEmbedded Core and bitbake from OpenEmbedded, in addition to owning and maintaining it's own additional layers and codebases such as poky. The Yocto Project provides funding for full and part time staff to work on the project, server infrastructure to perform automated testing (the AutoBuilder), web hosting for the project website and project documentation, manages the release schedule, and provides the Poky reference distribution as a stable testing target (which is necessary due to the large amount of configuration and customization allowed in OpenEmbedded).		The Yocto Project is a [https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Linux Foundation] project which primarily provides resources to help encourage and sustain development of Embedded systems using OpenEmbedded. The Yocto Project consumes from and contributes back to OpenEmbedded Core and bitbake from OpenEmbedded, in addition to owning and maintaining it's own additional layers and codebases such as poky. The Yocto Project provides funding for full and part time staff to work on the project, server infrastructure to perform automated testing (the AutoBuilder), web hosting for the project website and project documentation, manages the release schedule, and provides the Poky reference distribution as a stable testing target (which is necessary due to the large amount of configuration and customization allowed in OpenEmbedded).

	Membership in the Yocto Project is primarily focused on companies or organizations that are involved in the Linux Embedded Ecosystem. Membership is through the Linux Foundation, and generally requires the paying of membership fees. These fees are used to pay for the resources listed above~~. Many Yocto Project meetings and mailing lists are closed, although public discussion on mailing lists and public meetings to engage the wider community happen frequently.~~		Membership in the Yocto Project is primarily focused on companies or organizations that are involved in the Linux Embedded Ecosystem. Membership is through the Linux Foundation, and generally requires the paying of membership fees. These fees are used to pay for the resources listed above.

	''Note:'' Most of the "closed" nature of the Yocto Project is primarily related to governance; you do not have to be a member to contribute code to projects owned by the Yocto Project as all of their code is also Open Source.

	OpenEmbedded is a member organization of the Yocto Project and elects representatives from its own members.		OpenEmbedded is a member organization of the Yocto Project and elects representatives from its own members.

JPEWhacker at 20:43, 18 March 2024

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 The relationship between OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project confuses many people. If you have questions, mail them to <code>board@openembedded.org</code> and we will try to add answers here.
 ===Why two organizations?===
-Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members. OpenEmbedded will continue to serve the needs of the OpenEmbedded developers and larger community of people using OpenEmbedded.
+Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. Keeping OpenEmbedded as a separate entity allows it to continue to serve the needs of the OpenEmbedded developers and larger community of people using OpenEmbedded (including the Yocto Project).
-The Yocto Project has substantial expenses maintaining the QA autobuilders and paying a couple of people working on the project. These are paid by project members. For companies under 500 people, Linux Foundation Membership + Yocto Project membership costs 15,000 - 20,000 US dollars.
+While OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project are distinct entities, and each runs their domains differently, it is important to note that ''both'' have the same goal of advancing and enabling Embedded Linux, and both benefit from each other in a symbiotic relationship.

Crofton at 20:21, 1 May 2019

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	The relationship between OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project confuses many people. If you have questions, mail them to <code>board@openembedded.org</code> and we will try to add answers here.		The relationship between OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project confuses many people. If you have questions, mail them to <code>board@openembedded.org</code> and we will try to add answers here.

	==Why two organizations?==		===Why two organizations?===

	Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members. OpenEmbedded will continue to serve the needs of the OpenEmbedded developers and larger community of people using OpenEmbedded.		Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members. OpenEmbedded will continue to serve the needs of the OpenEmbedded developers and larger community of people using OpenEmbedded.

			===Yocto Project Membership===

			The Yocto Project has substantial expenses maintaining the QA autobuilders and paying a couple of people working on the project. These are paid by project members. For companies under 500 people, Linux Foundation Membership + Yocto Project membership costs 15,000 - 20,000 US dollars.

Crofton at 19:59, 30 April 2019

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	# Why two organizations?		The relationship between OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project confuses many people. If you have questions, mail them to <code>board@openembedded.org</code> and we will try to add answers here.

			==Why two organizations?==

	Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members. OpenEmbedded will continue to serve the needs of the OpenEmbedded developers and larger community of people using OpenEmbedded.		Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members. OpenEmbedded will continue to serve the needs of the OpenEmbedded developers and larger community of people using OpenEmbedded.

Crofton at 20:22, 9 April 2019

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	# Why two organizations?		# Why two organizations?

	Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members.		Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members. OpenEmbedded will continue to serve the needs of the OpenEmbedded developers and larger community of people using OpenEmbedded.

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# Why two organizations?

Without going into a lot of history, the straight forward answer is that; OpenEmbedded is the organization representing the developers who created the OpenEmbedded build system many years ago. It is a stand alone organization that is also a [https://spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest] associated project (SPI provides financial services). The [https://www.yoctoproject.org Yocto Project] is a Linux Foundation project. The Linux Foundation is an organization serving its corporate members.