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[eclipse.org-membership-at-large] Proposal to establish the OpenHW Foundation
All,

The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the proposal to establish the OpenHW Foundation which will operate as an Eclipse Foundation Working Group and operate under the governance rules as per the Eclipse Foundation Working Group Process.  The background motivation for this initiative can be read here. [1]  

The proposed charter [2] outlines the OpenHW Foundation is being created to develop, protect, and promote the free and open-source cores, related intellectual property, tools, software (such as the CORE-V Family of open source RISC-V processors) and related activities. These initiatives may address strategic or market analysis, technical requirements, and digital sovereignty. By working collaboratively, members can pursue these initiatives and have a positive impact with strategic open hardware and related open software projects.

The specific goals outlined in more detail below are:

  • Ensure the establishment and operation of a global code repository for the projects related to OpenHW Foundation.
  • Establish partnerships with global RISC-V organisations and to drive dialogue to jointly define open source roadmaps for chip IP, software, hardware, and other ecosystem elements that are needed by global ecosystems.
  • Gather global-centric requirements and strategic/technology needs for an open hardware ecosystem and to incubate projects arising from that discussion under the OpenHW top level project.
  • Participate in projects relevant to global centric open hardware and related open software initiatives.
  • Support the goal of the EU Chips Act or similar governmental and industry initiatives with the goal of building open sovereign supply chains.
  • Support the development of vertical solutions, for example in support of the automotive industry to develop MVP including HW, Safety related SW artefacts like RTOS + an open platform based on OS SDV initiatives.
  • Gather global requirements and strategic/technology needs for an open hardware ecosystem and where appropriate to incubate projects arising from that discussion under the Working Group top level project.

  • Carry out global marketing initiatives in support of the Working Group initiatives.

The proposed charter for this working group is now available for review.  

All Members of the Eclipse Foundation are invited to join [3] and participate in this initiative, and we encourage you to connect to the working group mailing list [4] to stay abreast of updates and latest news.  All comments and feedback are welcome.

Please feel free to contact me directly, or the mailing list, if you have any questions.

[1]  About
https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/openhw-group-join-eclipse-foundation-expanding-open-source-risc-v-innovation
[2]  Draft Working Group Charter https://www.eclipse.org/workinggroups/openhw-foundation-charter.php
[3]  Working Group Participation Agreement
https://www.eclipse.org/workinggroups/wgpa/openhw-foundation-working-group-participation-agreement.pdf
[4] OpenHW Foundation General Mailing List
https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/ope

Regards,
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Paul White
Secretary/Treasurer | Eclipse Foundation

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