[$] Obstacles to contribution in embedded Linux

Tim Bird has worked with embedded Linux for many years; during this time hehas noticed an unhappy pattern: many of the companies that use and modifyopen-source software are not involved with the communities that developthat software. That is, he said, "a shame." In an attempt to determinewhat is keeping companies from contributing to the kernel in particular,the Consumer Electronics LinuxForum (a Linux Foundation workgroup) has runa survey of embedded kernel developers. The resulting picture highlightssome of the forces keeping these developers from engaging with thedevelopment community and offers some ideas for improving the situation.