reference to Linux Foundation NDA program obsolete?

reference to Linux Foundation NDA program obsolete?

[Lukas Bulwahn]

Hi Jonathan,

while reading the process documentation, I noticed this reference to the 
Linux Foundation NDA program in Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst:

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That said, there are also cases where a company legitimately cannot
disclose its plans early in the development process.  Companies with
experienced kernel developers may choose to proceed in an open-loop manner
on the assumption that they will be able to avoid serious integration
problems later.  For companies without that sort of in-house expertise, 
the best option is often to hire an outside developer to review the plans 
undera non-disclosure agreement.  The Linux Foundation operates an NDA 
program designed to help with this sort of situation; more information can 
be found at:

    http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/NDA_program

This kind of review is often enough to avoid serious problems later on
without requiring public disclosure of the project.

<--

The link is dead; internet search only showed some references from 
meeting minutes in 2008, but nothing more since then.

Has this LF NDA program simply been phased out?

If so, I will provide a clean-up patch to remove this historic reference.

Lukas

Re: reference to Linux Foundation NDA program obsolete?

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Sun, 24 May 2020 07:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> wrote:

> The link is dead; internet search only showed some references from 
> meeting minutes in 2008, but nothing more since then.
> 
> Has this LF NDA program simply been phased out?

That's a good question...I'm asking around at the LF, will let you know
once I get an answer.  It could well be that the page just got lost in the
reshuffling of the LF web site - an annual event, as far as I can tell.

Thanks,

jon

Re: reference to Linux Foundation NDA program obsolete?

[Lukas Bulwahn]

On Mon, 25 May 2020, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

> On Sun, 24 May 2020 07:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
> Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > The link is dead; internet search only showed some references from 
> > meeting minutes in 2008, but nothing more since then.
> > 
> > Has this LF NDA program simply been phased out?
> 
> That's a good question...I'm asking around at the LF, will let you know
> once I get an answer.  It could well be that the page just got lost in the
> reshuffling of the LF web site - an annual event, as far as I can tell.
> 

I gave it another try and looked through the LF webpage, but NDA only 
appears in Linux FouNDAtion, StaNDArds, and OpeNDAylight; none of them are 
the NDAs we are looking for...

Lukas 

Re: reference to Linux Foundation NDA program obsolete?

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Sun, 24 May 2020 07:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> wrote:

>     http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/NDA_program
> 
> This kind of review is often enough to avoid serious problems later on
> without requiring public disclosure of the project.
> 
> <--
> 
> The link is dead; internet search only showed some references from 
> meeting minutes in 2008, but nothing more since then.
> 
> Has this LF NDA program simply been phased out?

That information has now resurfaced at:

	https://www.linuxfoundation.org/nda/

I guess somebody should see to it that the docs get updated...:)

Thanks again,

jon