4.5. Yocto Project Community¶
Linux Foundation: chief architect
OpenEmbedded: technologies and software
silicon vendors and electronics companies
The Yocto Project Ecosystem
- Product Showcase
Hardware Platforms
Distributions – Open Source and Commercial
Projects – Open Source Project using the Yocto Project
- Participants
Organizations who participate in the Yocto Project Compliance Program
They also support the project through contributions and engineering resources
- Member Organizations
Organizations who provide the administrative leadership of the Yocto Project
Their support includes membership dues for infrastructure etc. and engineering resources
Members of the Yocto Project Advisory Board
- Supporting Organizations
Organizations who support the Yocto Project through contributions, product development, etc.
Yocto Project Branding and Compliance Program
- Goals
Strengthen the Yocto Project through a consistent branding.
Provide recognition to participating organizations.
Reduce fragmentation in the embedded Linux market by encouraging collaborative development of a common set of tools, standards, and practices and ensure that these tools, standards, and practices are architecturally independent as much as possible.
Yocto Project Participant
Organizations and entities who use and support the Yocto Project publicly.
Open to open source projects, non-profit organizations, small companies, and Yocto Project member organizations.
Yocto Project Compatible
Products, BSPs, OpenEmbedded-compatible layers and other open source software projects that are built and work with the Yocto Project.
These products and components must be submitted by open source projects, non-profit entities, or Yocto Project member organizations.