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LINUX STUDY GROUP REPORT TO THE INCITS EB - JANUARY 2006

Dave Thewlis
Convenor, INCITS Linux Study Group

1.    At its September 2004 meeting, the INCITS Executive Board continued the INCITS Study Group on Linux in existence as the appropriate entity to develop the recommended US positions and comments on the Linux Standard Base PAS Submission from the Free Standards Group.

2    INCITS SG membership is now six organizations:

3.   The last report submitted to the INCITS Executive Board was the report for the October 2005 meeting.  Since then the Study Group has had no meetings.

4.  The Study Group on Linux has been requested to prepare a recommendation to the INCITS Executive Board on JTC 1 N 8017, Technical Report on Conflicts between ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX) and ISO/IEC 23360 (Linux Standard Base) for a subsequent EB ballot.  The recommendation is due by 20 January.  The Study Group may hold a conference call to develop the recommendation if written comments submitted to the Convenor are not sufficient.

5.  Except as noted under (4) above, The INCITS Study Group on Linux has no meeting scheduled at this time.  I do not anticipate a need for a meeting or teleconference until the first corrigenda report agains IS 23360 is submitted. 

Respectfully Submitted,

Dave Thewlis
Convenor, INCITS Study Group on Linux