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Eclipse Community Newsletter - December 2024

Thursday, December 19, 2024 - 06:31 by Natalia Loungou

This month's newsletter looks at open source project security in 2024, and efficiently managing large datasets with Jakarta Data's pagination.

Eclipse IDE at a Turning Point: Shaping the Future Together

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - 06:25 by Natalia Loungou

We are embarking on the Grand Project of 2024: a fully modern, platform-agnostic version of the Eclipse IDE, with a renovated user experience and browser compliance. This ambitious effort has been named "Initiative 31".

What the EU’s new software legislation means for developers

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 17:58 by Juan Rico

The EU Cyber Resilience Act will introduce new cybersecurity requirements for software released in the EU. Learn what it means for your open source projects and what GitHub is doing to ensure the law will be a net win for open source maintainers.

Three years from today all obligations of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will be fully applicable, with vulnerability reporting obligations applying already from September 2026. By that time, the CRA—from idea to implementation—will have been high on GitHub’s developer policy agenda for nearly six years.

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ThreadX: From Open Source to Safety-Critical Applications

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 03:34 by Diana Kupfer

In this interview with ThreadX SIG and project lead Frédéric Desbiens, we delve into what makes ThreadX stand out, its impressive track record, and its potential to shape the future of safety-critical and automotive software.

SUMO User Conference 2025: Call for Papers

Thursday, November 28, 2024 - 09:42 by Angelo Banse

The conference focuses on presenting new and unique results in the field of mobility simulation and modelling using openly available tools and data. We expect a large variety of research topics and usage approaches. If you are working on a research project fitting the topics below, you are kindly invited to submit an abstract. 

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The Draghi Report, SDVs, and Open Source – A TL;DR

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 07:55 by Diana Kupfer

The in-depth analysis and recommendations section of the Draghi Report devotes an entire chapter to the European automotive industry, examining its transformation and challenges in the context of global shifts toward green mobility, Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), and evolving market dynamics.

OpenBSW: A Code-first Software Platform for Automotive Microcontrollers

Monday, November 18, 2024 - 05:44 by Diana Kupfer

Software has become the main differentiator in modern vehicles, and its importance in the automotive industry is continually growing. However, the development of automotive software presents distinct challenges that differentiate it from conventional software development.

Integrating Rust with Real-Time Operating Systems on Arm

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - 14:28 by Jacob Harris

In this blog from Arm and Ferrous Systems, learn how to integrate Rust with Real-Time Operating Systems like Eclipse ThreadX on microcontrollers and medium-sized microprocessors.

Open Community Experience 2024 Recap

Friday, November 1, 2024 - 09:19 by Jacob Harris

Read Diana Kupfer's post-event report to revisit the big moments from the first-ever OCX, including highlights from keynote sessions, main tracks, collocated events, and more.