Private-Public Partnership and Governments’ Role in Open Source

Held during the Linux Foundation OSSummit Japan in Tokyo, this panel highlighted the role of open source software in advancing United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through public-private partnerships.

The discussion covered Japan’s evolving OSS landscape, global efforts for digital public goods, and government-led OSS strategies in Europe. Panelists included representatives from the Digital Agency of the Japanese Government, United Nations OSPO, French Governement OSPO, LF Edge Board and TODO Group.

Monthly OSPO Jobs

• 🌐 Red Hat | Security Community Architect
• 🌐 MicroTECH | Head of Open Source Software Consulting
• 🌐 Eclipse Foundation | Open Source Research Project Manager
• 🌐 Digital Public Goods Alliance | FOSS Software Development & Maintainance Consultancy
• 🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg Transport Ministry | FOSS & Software Licences Expert - German Speaking
• 🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg Transport Ministry | Open Source Project Manager in the Automotive Industry - German Speaking
• 🇩🇪 Bechtle | IT Consultant Open Source - German Speaking
• 🇩🇪 Finanz | Software Security Engineer, Open Source Program Office - German Speaking
• 🇳🇱 Thales | Internship Open Source Software Process Automation
• 🇺🇸 Tenstorrent | Developer Relations Manager, AI and Open Source
• 🇺🇸 Google | Staff Developer Relations Engineer, Open Source Program Office
• 🇺🇸 Qualcomm | Senior Director, Developer Engineering

ICYMI Industry News and Articles

Here’s what you missed! A summary of the most recent OSPO-related resources:

• Hitachi has been added to OSPO Landscape as a new OSPO Adopter
• SCANOSS has been added to the OSPO Landscape OSPO Tools. A 100% open source SCA Tool.
• Proposal - Chapter on Cultural Differences when Approaching OSS
• OSPOCon Europe 2024 Track Video Recordings
• OSPOCon Japan - How Can Your OSPO Maximize Open Source Business Value for the Organization? Video Recording

OSPOers of the Month

• Marcel Kurzmann and Cornelius Schumacher for initiating the conversation about forming an Open Source in Business Collaborative Project Working Group within TODO. See the ongoing discussion and progress summary here.
• Chris Gentle and the LFAPAC Evangelist Translation SIG team for translating the TODO Guides into Chinese. See the PR here
• Koizumi Satoru for updating the OSPO mindmap and studies Japanese translations. See the PR here
• Koizumi Satoru for translating about.md into Japanese. See the PR here
• Masayuki, Owada, Motai for leading the OSPO Local Meetup in Osaka. See the English summary report here.
• Sujata and Masayuki for helping put toguether the OSPO Keynote panel at OSSummit Japan
• Matt Germonprez, for initiating the content for the OSPO metrics chapter in the OSPO Book project. See PR here
• Gergely Csatari, for suggesting changes to improve the OSPO Book content. See PR here
• Ángel Ramirez for organizing the first OSPOlogy in LATAM. Watch recording (in Spanish) here.

Learn From Open Source Managers

across Industries

TODO hosts Touchpoint calls (open office hours) to explore challenges in open source management day-to-day operations across different organizations

Upcoming Conferences and Call for Papers

• Nov 19-21, 2024 LF Member Summit, Napa - CFP closed
• Nov 20-21, 2024 InnerSource Summit - CFP closed
• Dec 11-12, 2024 KubeCon + Cloud NativeCon India, Delhi - CFP closed
• Jan 30, 2025 CHAOSSCon EU, Hotel Bedford, Brussels, Belgium - CFP open
• Jan 31, 2025 FOSDEM 2025 Fringe: FOSS license and security compliance tools workshop, Hotel Bedford, Brussels, Belgium - No CFP
• Feb 1-2, 2025 FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium - Multiple CFPs
• Mar 10-11, 2025 FOSSBackstage, Berlin - CFP open

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