The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) has incorporated in California as a not-for-profit organization. The new status, obtained January 1, will give CELF more flexibility to fund open source development work, and create relationships with other organizations, it says.

CELF was founded in June of 2003 by eight CE giants. It maintains a kernel source tree patched to improve Linux startup speed, real-time responsiveness, footprint size, and other characteristics useful in consumer electronic devicess. It released a specification on its first anniversary, last June.

Scott Smyers, who chaired CELF's steering committee previously, will now serve as chairman of CELF's board of directors. Other board members and officers include:

• Chair: Scott Smyers / Sony Corporation
• Co-Chair: Ikuo Minakata / Matsushita Electric Industrial
• (Panasonic)
• Director: Nobuhiro Asai / IBM
• Director: Dr. Evan Smouse / Hewlett-Packard
• Director: Dr. Isao Nakagawa / Hitachi Ltd.
• Director: Dr. Hee-Youn Lee / LG Electronics Inc.
• Director: Steve Bunch / Motorola
• Director: Kimio Jono / NEC Corporation
• Director: Jari Juopperi / Nokia Corporation
• Director: Yukio Yagi / Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)
• Director: Gerrit Hendrik Kaashoek / Royal Philips Electronics
• Director: Young Kyu Choe / Samsung Electronics Co.
• Director: Tamotsu Furuya / Sharp Corporation
• Director: Masao Hori / Sony Corporation
• Director: Mitsunobu Aoyama / Toshiba Corporation
• Secretary and Treasurer: Thomas Swidler / Sony Corporation

CELF is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., where the organization will hold its second Plenary Meeting on January 25th and 26th, along with its first US Technical Conference. Further details are available online.

 
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