OSPO-EG Update and Next

I gave a talk on AGL OSPO-EG Updates and next actions with Ishii-san.
Session page is https://sched.co/2411l

Transcript

1. Masanori Itoh, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Hiroyuki Ishii, Panasonic Automotive Systems OSPO-EG Update and Next
2. About Me Masanori Itoh  Affiliation TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION ✓ Digital Information and Communication Dept. InfoTech Div. ✓ Open Source Program Group (Toyota OSPO)  Works ✓ R&D for Connected Vehicle Systems ⚫ E2E Observability, Standardization, Diagnostics, … ✓ OSPO Operations  Keywords ✓ Operating System, Cloud Infrastructure, etc. ✓ https://github.com/thatsdone ✓ https://www.linkedin.com/in/masanori-itoh-6401603/ 2
3. 3 Hiroyuki Ishii Work: ✔ Panasonic Automotive Systems (15+ yrs) ✔ Senior Architect, OSPO OSS Community Expert Community Work: ✔ AGL Steering Committee, System Architect Team, OSPO EG ✔ Linux Foundation Japan Evangelist Likes: ✔ Tracing, Kernel, Build System About Me
4. Agenda  Recap: the Primary Goal of AGL OSPO-EG  A Brief History of AGL OSPO-EG – 1 Year Journey  Publications  Next Step  Further more Actions  Summary 6
5. Recap: the Primary Goal of AGL OSPO-EG  “Making it easier for engineers in automotive industry to contribute to Open Source Software” ⚫ From the OSPO-EG Proposal presentation last year ✓ https://sched.co/1eKtx 7
6. A Brief History of AGL OSPO-EG – 1 Year Journey  AGL AMM Summer 2024 ⚫ “Creating OSPO in AGL” (Jul. 17, 202) ⚫ https://sched.co/1eKtx  Automotive Linux Summit 2024 ⚫ “Panel: How to Accelerate Contribution in Automotive Industry” (Oct. 18, 2024) ✓ https://sched.co/1jKC1 ✓ https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/agl_ospo ⚫ Automotive Meeting (Oct. 19, 2024)  1st Kick-off Call (Nov. 12, 2024) ⚫ https://lf-automotivelinux.atlassian.net/wiki/x/RwDIBg  AGL AMM Spring 2025 ⚫ AGL OSPO-EG Update and Discussion (Feb. 26, 2025) ✓ https://sched.co/1uFfa ⚫ A Collaborative Event with OpenChain JapanWG (Mar., 2025) ✓ https://openchain-project.github.io/OpenChain-JWG/  Publish OSS & OSPO Promotion deck (Jun. 24, 2025) (Finally☺)  AGL AMM Summer 2025 (Today, Jul. 9) Today ⚫ https://sched.co/2411l 8
7. A Brief History of AGL OSPO-EG – 1 Year Journey  History 9 ‘24/6 ‘24/8 ‘24/10 ‘24/12 ‘25/2 ‘25/4 ‘25/6 ‘25/8 ✓ AGL AMM Summer 2024 ✓ 1st Kick-Off Call ✓ Automotive Linux Summit 2024 ✓ AGL AMM Spring 2025 ✓ OpenChain Collab. Event ✓ AGL AMM Summer 2025 ✓ Survey ✓ OSS & OSPO Slide Publish Now Here!!
8. Publications  Officially Published Documents 1. OSS & OSPO Promotion Slides for Automotive Companies (v1.0, Jun.24, 2025) → For upper layer management 2. The Illusions and Truths of Participating in OSS Communities (v1.0, Jun 2025) → For field engineers ⚫ All the publications are CC-BY-SA 4.0 ⚫ Upcoming more!  Download URL ⚫ https://lf-automotivelinux.atlassian.net/wiki/x/AwCrFw 10
9. Community Contribution Promotion  Multiple Layers Approach 11 Community Contribution Company Culture Management Level Support Per Engineer Mindset/Skill
10. OSS & OSPO Promotion deck  Structure 12 Chapter 1. Importance of Open Source 1-1. The Importance of Open Source in Business 1-2. Open Source in the Automotive Industry 1-3. The Two Pillars of Open Source: "Usage" and "Contribution“ Chapter 2. “Opportunity” Why Open Source in Automotive industry? 2-1. Ecosystem 2-2. Cost Benefit 2-3. Human Resources Chapter 3. “Management” Why companies have to manage OSS risks? 3-1. Long Term Support 3-2. Functional Safety 3-3. Supply Chain Management Chapter 4. “Strategy” Why OSPO at Automotive Companies? 4-1. What is OSPO? 4-2. Value of Establishing an OSPO in your Company Chapter 5. “Benchmarks” Automotive OSPO Showcase Why OSS matters and is worth investing? Benefits of OSS for Automotive Industry How we should face to risks of OSS? OSPO : the State of the Art Best Practice OSPO Examples in our Industry
11. Illusions and Truths of OSS Contribution  Educate Engineers 13
12. 14 Next Step
13. Current State vs. Future Vision 15 AGL OSPO-EG Automotive Companies Promotions Publications Partial Feedback Limited, Invisible Contributions ? Weak collaboration due to invisibility AGL OSPO-EG Automotive Companies Promotions Publications Support, Training, … Detailed Feedback AGL and other OSS Continurous, Measuarable Contributions Improved Value Visible needs, Stronger collaboration, Sustainable contributions
14. Next Step 1. Survey on OSS Contribution Barriers (ongoing) 2. OSPO Peer Support (ongoing) 3. Education on OSS Contributions Have questions or ideas? Share them in the Q&A! 16
15. Next Step – (1) Survey  Survey on OSS Contribution Barriers ⚫ Goal ✓ Clarifying challenges that prevent OSS contributions in the automotive industry ✓ Building OSPO-EG's action plans for the coming years ⚫ Value ✓ Promoting collaboration between OSPO-EG and companies ✓ Sharing the insights gained publicly ⚫ Roadmap ✓ Phase1 : 2025 – Conducted the survey internally (English & Japanese) – Questionnaires were based on a pre-survey conducted in Japan ✓ Phase2 : 2026～ – Considering a contract with a professional research organization (e.g., LF Research) – Broader target groups and well-defined questions – Might seek sponsorship 17
16. Next Step – (1) Survey 18 … OSS Contribution Survey (en) OSS Contribution Survey (ja)  The Survey is Now Available! ⚫ Your answer matters!
17. Next Step – (2) OSPO Peer Support  Peer Support for existing or potential OSPO teams in companies ⚫ Conducted by veteran OSPO members in OSPO-EG ⚫ Held several meetings with Japanese companies ✓ Closed and following the LF anti-trust policy ✓ Most of the companies are in the early stage of their OSPO ✓ Not all of them are from the automotive industry(!) ⚫ Sharing practices, issues, and thoughts about OSPO and OSS ⚫ Incorporating these insights into our deliverables ⚫ Challenges ✓ How can we scale this activity? Interested? Please contact us! 19
18. Next Step – (3) Education on OSS Contributions  Improving developer experience in AGL project ⚫ Maintaining the AGL onboarding guide ⚫ Contribution manual and hands-on training ✓ Gerrit/Yocto guide ✓ Contribution guide ✓ F2F contribution training  Generic education/support about OSS contribution ⚫ License, policies, CLAs, convincing your boss, … ⚫ Using & improving our "OSS & OSPO Promotion deck" ⚫ Likely utilizing some delivarables from TODO, OpenChain etc 20
19. Join Us and Get Involved! 22 OSPO-EG Home OSPO-EG Deliverables OSS Contribution Survey (en) OSS Contribution Survey (ja) • Bi-weekly regular meeting: Every other Tuesday, 1:00pm (UTC) / 10:00pm (JST) • agl-dev-community@lists.automotivelinux.org | Calendar • Mailing List: agl-ospo-eg@lists.automotivelinux.org • Discord: https://discord.gg/ZztCaVeQVG We are open to everyone!