A Vision of FOSS @Mercedes-Benz - Wolfgang Gehring, Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
Channel: The Linux Foundation
Date: 25/05/2023

A Vision of FOSS @Mercedes-Benz - Wolfgang Gehring, Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation

At Mercedes-Benz, we decided that we don’t want to “just use FOSS”, but to fully embrace all aspects of it. This means we needed a dedicated Open and Inner Source strategy and an Open Source Program Office – but first we had to define what it really means to “embrace FOSS”. Come with me on our journey which we started more than 6 years ago. Let me show you how we are transforming Mercedes-Benz into a FOSS-savvy company who builds upon the Mercedes-Benz FOSS Manifesto as its cornerstone. We will touch upon our internal FOSS trainings and our FOSS sponsorings; and we will look at what we learned, what the crucial points were in implementing the strategy, and what we wish we had already known at the beginning.