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""Linux Foundation CEO Jim Zemlin issued a challenge to the members: LF itself needs decentralized trust solutions—starting with the #Linux #kernel project.

Jim explained the infamous XZ attack […]

Jim wanted a privacy-preserving solution that could protect any open source project by enabling developers to prove they were real persons with real first-person trust relationships—without requiring a centralized identity database.

[…]

Verifiable trust communities and verifiable membership credentials enable trust relationships to be verified not just within trust communities, but across trust communities. For example, a developer who is a member of one open source project—such as the Linux kernel—could use that VMC to prove their credentials to a different open source project.

[…]

The goal is for the kernel project instance to be ready for maintainers to review at the Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit October 8 in Prague.""

https://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/blog/decentralized-trust-infrastructure-at-lf-a-progress-report

Decentralized Trust Infrastructure at LF: A Progress Report

An update on building scalable, privacy-preserving decentralized trust infrastructure for proof of personhood using verifiable credentials using open standards and code from LF Decentralized Trust

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James Bottomley Mar 20

@kernellogger watching the video of the LF Member Summit presentation I was surprised by two things

1) They actually seemed to have a rudimentary discussion!
2) The attempt to capture the session was a complete failure: no video, no audio mic and presenters didn't repeat questions ... gosh I wish some related conference had worked out how to do this better so the LF could learn from it ...

James Bottomley Mar 14

@llvm Thoughts like this aren't new, but I just can't get talks presenting them accepted at US conferences so they never circulate that widely over here. Fortunately for me there's always #FOSDEM in europe:

https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/selfish_contributor/

FOSDEM 2020 - The Selfish Contributor Explained

James Bottomley Mar 11

Linux Plumbers Conference Mar 11

CFP for LPC 2026 is open!

Important dates:
Thursday, April 23, 2026: Deadline to submit proposals to host a microconference
Sunday, June 28, 2026: Deadline to submit LPC Refereed Track Presentations Proposals and Kernel Summit Presentations Proposals.

Please use the following to access the full CFP and submit your proposal!

https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/

Linux Plumbers Conference 2026

The Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) is a developer conference for the open source community. The LPC brings together the top developers working on the plumbing of Linux - kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing systems, etc. - and gives them three days to work together on core design problems. The conference is divided into several working sessions focusing on different plumbing topics, as well as a general paper track.

Indico

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James Bottomley Mar 7

@wouter Thanks for everything. I've really enjoyed speaking at FOSDEM over the years. Partly because the atmosphere is so great but also because youre one of the few conferences which accept my off the wall talks exploring community dynamics

James Bottomley Mar 7

Wouter Verhelst Mar 3

As my account has been removed, it's now official: I am no longer a FOSDEM organiser.

This was my choice. I wish the organisation all the best for the future, and if time and money allow, might come again as a mere visitor, for the first time in 22 (!) years.

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James Bottomley Mar 4

@sjvn It's somewhat like @linuxplumbersconf technically a LF event but tightly controlled by its planning committee. The LSF/MM committee were in the CFP

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260110-lsfmm-2026-cfp-ae970765d60e@brauner/

You can use the PC email they advertise to contact them

LSF/MM/BPF: 2026: Call for Proposals - Christian Brauner

James Bottomley Mar 4

Talking about #TPM2 again at a new venue #scale23x

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/enhancing-tpm-security-linux-kernel

I don't think they record but I promise to do a blog post really soon about how to use the exported null name to verify the #TPM in your booted OS is secure.

Enhancing TPM security in the Linux Kernel | SCALE

The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) is North America’s largest community-run open source conference.

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James Bottomley Mar 4

@sjvn possibly if I get an invite.

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James Bottomley Mar 2

@sjvn Sure, I'll be at #scale23x if you're going?

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