Abstract

 McNeil, Scott    Open Source, Free Standards   

Open Source, Free Standards

Abstract

The  Free Standards Group   LSB   was created to tackle the problem of variation at Linux's foundation. By bridging the needs of both the Free and Open Source Development Community with those of the IT industry, The Free Standards Group has been extremely successful. The groups most notable success has been the creation, release and immediate adoption of the Linux Standards Base () v1.2 in August of 2002. The LSB standardizes the base foundation of a Linux system, allowing for the ultimate portability of applications across conforming runtime environments. However the LSB is to be more than a written specification. It includes test suites, a sample implementation, build environment, and a guide for developers of both Linux operating system distributions and Linux based applications. The release and adoption of the LSB 1.2 is having a great impact on the growing Linux market. In this session you will learn about the positive impacts Linux standards will have; how Linux developers and industry leaders have collectively used open source methodologies to create Linux standards; and how your your customers and prospects can both benefit from and influence current and future versions of the standards. The LSB is changing everything you ever knew about Linux.