Keynote: David Morin, Project Lead, Academy Software Foundation

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Announcement of a new Foundation created three weeks old under the Linux Foundation to centralize motion‑picture open source governance, CI, licensing and contribution paths; claims include lowering barriers so small studios can adopt shared build infrastructure and standardize the VFX Reference Platform. Founding members include Disney, Lucasfilm, ILM, DreamWorks and tech partners; three projects already tested on CI are OpenEXR, OpenColorIO, OpenVDB. The industry size cited is about $40 billion theatrical box office.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:00Background: Motion Pictures
3. 2:48Academy investigation
4. 4:29Founding Members
5. 6:11Our Mission Increase the quality and quantity of open source
6. 7:42Governance
7. 8:22TAC's Role in Cross-Project Coordination
8. 8:58Infrastructure - Continuous Integration (CN)
9. 12:24CI Infrastructure - Documentation Infrastructure Documentation

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