Community Collaboration Patterns: Addressing Risk and Complexity

By Jan Lübbe of Pengutronix
Time: 10:45 Room: Auditorium K

Abstract

In this keynote, we explore the benefits of leveraging open-source collaboration patterns to address complexity and reduce risk in embedded Linux product development across independent teams. We discuss the concept of long-term maintenance, emphasizing the importance of continuous maintenance, upstreaming, and automated processes in ensuring secure and fully functional long-life devices.
Focusing on collaborative approaches to risk reduction, we highlight open-source collaboration models found in OpenEmbedded/Yocto and the Linux kernel and their potential adoption within a multinational company. We emphasize the benefits of shared code, standardized build architectures, and reusable tooling and workflows. This keynote aims to inspire attendees to explore and implement collaborative approaches inspired by open-source communities within their own teams.

Biography

After building Linux smartphones with OpenMoko and deploying open source GSM networks to cruise ships, Jan Lübbe joined Pengutronix in 2012. Since then he helps customers understand Linux and how it can solve their problems. Besides his work at Pengutronix, Jan builds wireless mesh networks at the Stratum 0 hacker space in Brunswick. Previously, he presented at Embedded Linux Conference Europe, FOSDEM, the Linux Days in Chemnitz and the OSADL Networking Days.