OSADL
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The Open Source Automation Development Lab eG (OSADL) was founded on December 8, 2005 and assigned the cooperative register number 440085 at the Stuttgart, Germany, District Court in August 2006. It accepts members from anywhere in the world.
The general goal of the OSADL is to promote and coordinate the development of Open Source
software for the machine, machine tool, and automation industry. Among others, the OSADL is acting as a "purchase community" of Open Source software, i.e. the membership fees are used to delegate the development of Open Source software projects that a majority of the members is requesting for or agreeing to. The more than 30 member companies (as of May 17, 2011) are machine companies, manufacturers of automation hardware and software, semiconductor companies, user associations and Open Source software service providers.
The general goal of the OSADL is to promote and coordinate the development of Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
software for the machine, machine tool, and automation industry. Among others, the OSADL is acting as a "purchase community" of Open Source software, i.e. the membership fees are used to delegate the development of Open Source software projects that a majority of the members is requesting for or agreeing to. The more than 30 member companies (as of May 17, 2011) are machine companies, manufacturers of automation hardware and software, semiconductor companies, user associations and Open Source software service providers.
Preamble of the articles of incorporation of the cooperative
"The automation industry and its suppliers are profiting greatly from Open Source operating systems such as Linux since they guarantee long production cycles, rapid troubleshooting and the independence of individual software manufacturers. However, this branch requires specific expansions of the operating system such as real-time capabilities, the compatibility with these expansions must be certifiable, and standardized software interfaces must be available. The development of these requirements is the goal of the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL)."Working groups and projects
- Ingo MolnárIngo MolnarIngo Molnár, currently employed by Red Hat, is a Hungarian Linux hacker. He is best known for his contributions to the operating system in terms of security and performance...
's and Thomas Gleixner's Linux Real-time Preempt Patches (aka PREEMPT_RT) - Kernel-based Virtual MachineKernel-based Virtual MachineKernel-based Virtual Machine is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel. KVM supports native virtualization on processors with hardware virtualization extensions....
and Real-time Preempt Patches - Critical Safety Linux
- Universal industrial I/O framework
- Upstream submission of kernel components to Mainline Linux
- Conformance tests of board support packages
- Tools and libraries to facilitate the migration to Linux
- Quality assurance of the Linux kernel and its real-time capabilities in a "QA Farm"