BOF: Linux & Open Source Software for safety applications in Railways
UD2.119 | Day 1 | 11:00 - 11:55 | Speakers: Cornelius Schumacher, Philipp Ahmann, Henrik Brändle
Abstract
Digitization requires efficient software development. Today, this is no longer financially viable without the massive reuse of existing components and thus without the use of open source software as a generic product, also in the context of safety applications. Therefore, ways and means must be found to make open source software usable on a large scale for the railway sector. Due to the cooperative nature of open source software and the low competitive differentiation in the use of such generic products, the collaboration of various stakeholders from the sector under the governance of a Foundation can useful and important. This BOF wants to explore, if there is a critical mass to start a foundational backed project initiative for better spread of awareness for OSS in Railways and which activities exist to expand this approach for the safety-critical parts.
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Cornelius is a long-time contributor and leader in the open source community. He has worked on projects such as KDE, openSUSE, or Cloud Foundry. Originally a developer, he has moved into topics of governance and how to run open source projects well. Cornelius works as Open Source Steward at DB Systel helping teams at Deutsche Bahn to successfully use and contribute to open source.
Philipp Ahmann is a Senior OSS Community Manager at ETAS GmbH (a Robert Bosch GmbH subsidiary), specializing in safety-critical automotive open source software and processes. With 15+ years' experience in Linux automotive platforms, he has held roles from software engineer to project & line manager. He also has experience in technical business development and product management for embedded open source software products. He currently holds the position of the Technical Steering Committee Chair for the Linux Foundation ELISA project to Enable Linux in Safety Applications and is member of the Linux Foundation Europe Advisory Board.
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