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| Please explain OESF’s activities |
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| Open Embedded Software Foundation jointly develops frameworks and platforms in order to use Android in the embedded system, with the cooperation of each member corporation. Additionally, OESF organizes activities to disseminate and promote embedded system of Android, develops training courses for engineers and organizes seminars. For further details, please refer to the following. |
| Please explain embedded system in detail |
| Embedded systems are over an extremely wide range. At OESF, devices focused on information device and home appliances, which link to network and provide information through display etc are regarded as embedded system. Cellular phones are most notable of the above; however, cellular phones are not the main target of OESF. Development of Android for cellular phones is mainly carried forward by the Open Handset Alliance. OESF targets the development of embedded system by open source other than cellular phones, based on the results of the above open source project. For further details, please refer to the “Subjected Business/Devices”. |
| What is the relation between Google and OHA? |
| There is no direct association with Open Handset Alliance. Each framework developed by OESF is all based on branch from Android repository of OHA open source project. It is planned to post the development results of OESF on the Android repository of OHA. |
| What kind of association is a general incorporated association? |
| Due to the amendment of the Incorporated Association Law of December 2008, public incorporated association and general incorporated association have separated. Open Embedded Software Foundation is registered as general incorporated association. It is basically a noncommercial purpose association. However, commercial business is permitted and we conduct commercial business such as trainings and seminars. It is managed by the membership fee from the members, and there is no capital. There are no competent authorities or ministries. Membership fee revenue is free of tax; however, business tax is paid for the revenue concerning commercial business. |
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