Panel Discussion: The Automotive OSPO
Panelat OSPOCon @ Open Source Summit Europe 2024 · on Tuesday, 2024-09-17· at 14:55· Room 0.96-0.97 (Level 0)·
summary
Companies report OSPOs handling license policy, contributor workflows and supplier compliance with concrete rules: GPLv3 banned from vehicles, permissive licenses allowed, and CI chain auto-blocks forbidden licenses during builds. Training tiers exist (awareness, use, contribute) and one org cuts review-to-publication to about a week. InnerSource ownership varies and teams combine tech, community management and legal. Industry data cited: 86% of automotive code is open source. New EU CRA enforcement starts February 2027.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Automotive OSPO panel intro
- 1:27Panelist backgrounds
- 6:06Why OSPO matters in auto
- 8:13Convincing management
- 12:54Innersource role
- 13:58Open source innovation balance
- 17:35OSPO challenges ahead
- 20:46Licenses and liabilities
- 24:54Lowering contribution barriers
- 29:53Training materials
- 31:00OSPO team structure
- 34:14Supplier expectations
- 37:03EU Cyber Resilience Act
- 40:41Closing remarks
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