Saverio, No problem, I'm happy to clarify. prplwrt is a working group in prpl Foundation, which is a membership organization focusing on open source and industry. prplwrt in particular has the following mission: "The mission of the prplwrt PEG is to enable close collaboration between users, hardware manufacturers, semiconductor companies, and the broader OpenWrt ecosystem in a community-run fashion. The focus of the technology enhancements are centered around creating a robust, flexible open source platform suitable for mission critical, highly reliable products. We encourage innovation and applicability to a wide variety of hardware platforms."
As the mission has said, prplwrt focuses on ways to improve collaboration between community and industry. We've done that in a few different ways: * organize weekly, public meetings open to anyone interested to discuss OpenWrt (Meeting videos can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXrC-Z4UIvYqa_oNtj0Y9_NBDlQhTSXNk) * funding and organizing the first OpenWrt Summit in October 2015 in Dublin (Videos are at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXrC-Z4UIvYpSV5WcjEVgz6boq30GOFPf) * improving and generalizing the BoardFarm testing work that QCA released ( https://github.com/qca/boardfarm) * organizing an effort to discourage the FCC from restricting modification of devices, particularly routers ( http://prpl.works/2015/09/21/yes-the-fcc-might-ban-your-operating-system/) Over the next year we have the following goals: * Funding OpenWrt work through the PSSP * Keeping the community and industry up to date on how regulations affect OpenWrt * Organizing and funding the next OpenWrt Summit in Berlin in conjunction with ELCE * Continuing improvements to BoardFarm to make it a general testing framework for OpenWrt We're flexible though and open to new goals and collaboration with the community. I hope that gives you a better sense of what we do. We'd also love to have you join our mailing list by visiting http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt Thanks for your interest! Eric On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 5:37 AM, Saverio Proto <ziopr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, > I received your email on so many mailing lists that I could not stop > from answering. > > Could you please give some context about what is prplwrt ? > I have been working with OpenWrt since 2006 and it is the first time I > hear about prplwrt. > > The website did not help, and all this people are unknown to me: > http://prplfoundation.org/board-of-directors/ > > I guess your email needs a proper introduction. > > thanks ! > > Saverio > > 2016-03-03 22:07 GMT+01:00 Eric Schultz <eschu...@prplfoundation.org>: > > As discussed in prplwrt meetings, prpl is interested in funding > development > > work on OpenWrt. In order to make this as fair as possible, I'm > proposing a > > process which I'm tentatively calling the prplwrt Software Support > Program > > (PSSP) > > > > PSSP will fund innovative OpenWrt development work that is responsive to > the > > needs of the OpenWrt community and industry. To make sure the process > > benefits the community as much as possible, I'm asking for your feedback. > > Please look through the document I've linked below and provide feedback, > > either as comments on the document or as a reply to this message. > > > > As a quick summary, the process would go as follows: > > > > * prpl and its members, as funders, would set initial themes that all > > projects would be expected to fit into. > > * the community, prpl members, and others would submit and comment on > ideas > > for projects that fit those themes > > * potential implementers would then submit proposals for implementations, > > including a budget, timeline and general plan for implementation > > * an OpenWrt community committee, the prpl TSC and prpl Board would > finalize > > which implementations are selected and funded. > > > > More details are in the linked document. I want to make sure everyone in > the > > OpenWrt community has had a chance to provide their thoughts on the > program > > so please provide your feedback as soon as possible and no later than > March > > 17. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Eric > > > > PSSP proposal: > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b5LwqNPUasSafP-3NLwnV7rXRRUPDfj5yrU772dkpoc/edit?usp=sharing > > > > -- > > Eric Schultz, Community Manager, prpl Foundation > > http://www.prplfoundation.org > > eschu...@prplfoundation.org > > cell: 920-539-0404 > > skype: ericschultzwi > > @EricPrpl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openwrt-devel mailing list > > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > > > -- Eric Schultz, Community Manager, prpl Foundation http://www.prplfoundation.org eschu...@prplfoundation.org cell: 920-539-0404 skype: ericschultzwi @EricPrpl
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