CE Linux Forum

The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF), was a California Non-Profit Corporation focused on the advancement of Linux as an open source platform for consumer electronics (CE) devices. The group was created in 2003 in a collaboration of 10 major consumer electronics companies, led by Sony and Panasonic. In January of 2011, CELF was integrated into the Linux Foundation as it's Consumer Electronics Workgroup (See CE Workgroup.

History
CELF was dedicated to advancing Linux through sharing information and coordinating technical activities between members and with the larger open source community. CELF had several technical working groups dedicated to key technology or product areas. CELF employed contractors to work on specific projects to enhance Linux for embedded use. All work produced by CELF and it's contractors are available under open source licenses. Also, CELF also created and hosted several conferences each year to disseminate information about Linux-related progress made by companies and individuals. CELF is also created and sponsored this embedded Linux wiki for many years.

Note that despite the "change of ownership", the organization still functions today with similar mission, goals and activities.

See CE Linux Forum wikipedia entry

Links

 * Main CELF web site
 * CELF Developer's wiki
 * CELF Misc information

Resources

 * CELF Forum Doc Resources

Projects
CELF funded a variety of contract work each year. Here are project pages for some previous years:
 * CELF Open Project Proposal 2010
 * CELF Open Project Proposal 2011
 * CEWG Open Project Proposal 2012
 * CEWG Open Project Proposal 2013

Workgroups
These are the local pages, which may be out of date...
 * Bootup Time Working Group
 * Mobile Phone Profile Working Group - is now defunct
 * Real Time Working Group
 * Security Working Group
 * System Size Working Group