Last month after nearly 2 years, the Open Container Initiative (OCI) community shipped v1.0.0 (see release notes) of two container standard specifications:
[NEWS] @OCI_ORG Releases v1.0 of Container Standards: https://t.co/PzZQX9gptT pic.twitter.com/C8aIi2kZuc
— The Linux Foundation (@linuxfoundation) July 19, 2017
Outside of relevant container standards finalized, another thing that was enabled by this v1.0.0 release was an interesting IP Policy (OWFa v1.0) embedded in the OCI charter. Essentially, there is patent non-assertion and royalty free patent grant made by all OCI members against the entire 1.0.0 specification implementations, not just their contributions!
https://twitter.com/cra/status/899668238824591361
This is simply good news for the industry when it comes to what I call establishing an “IP no fly zone” for core container technology, which should spur further container adoption. Also, standardization also helps implementors and tool builders feel safe that things won’t break, which has been a bit of a challenge given how fast container technology has been moving.
Finally, one more thing to highlight is that OCI is also helping sponsor a diversity scholarship at DockerCon EU in Copenhagen:
#DockerCon EU Diversity Scholarship via @OCI_ORG is now open! Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/0LnBEbCmeS pic.twitter.com/PZM4Kwi6LI
— The Linux Foundation (@linuxfoundation) August 15, 2017
Please encourage qualified folks to apply, the deadline is September 5th.