On 2016-03-04 18:42, Eric Schultz wrote: > 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 So what volume of funding does prpl have for OpenWrt related projects? Also, I noticed that the prplwrt github repo was taken down. Is the idea dead and buried, or will is there a plan to resurrect it and give it another shot?
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