samsung and the path to open source leadership
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Samsung and the Path to Open Source Leadership!Ibrahim Haddad, Ph.D.
Open Source Innova8on Group Samsung Research America – Silicon Valley
@IbrahimAtLinux
A Historical Perspec/ve
Getting a taste of Open Source
(Embedded Linux)!
2002
2005 2008
2013 2014
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2002
Samsung vs. Other Players [same 8me period]
04/2001!Carrier Grade !Linux Systems
2002
2005 2008
2013 2014
Increased Adoption!
• Primary Advantages: – Development Environment – Common PlaLorm
2002
2005 2008
2013 2014
Proliferation!• Increased importance of OSS • Large scale adop8on: More
products shipped with OSS
2002
2005 2008
2013 2014
Increased Contributions!
Increased Contribu8ons (Linux Kernel) April 2007 à Jan 2012
Source: The Linux Founda8on Kernel Development Sta/s/cs: 2.6.3 -‐> 3.2
Overall Rank #27
Increased Contribu8ons (Linux Kernel)
Source: The Linux Founda8on (Kernel Report 2013)
Source: LWN.NET March 2014
2002
2005 2008
2013 2014
Creation of the !Open Source Group!
The Open Source Group
• A dedicated Open Source organiza8on across Samsung Electronics whose goals are to: – Build & grow open source talent within Samsung in specific tech areas – Drive contribu8ons upstream via a dedicated team – Build a strong open source and contributor image via contribu8ons – Manage rela8onships with open source organiza8ons – Help product teams in specific exper8se area
Twiber: @SamsungOSG SlideShare: Slideshare.net/SamsungOSG
On a path, with a mission!
Practice
!+!Desir
e!
Following a Natural Path
Consumer!
Contributor!
Leader!(Desired Goal)!
Motivation!
Active Partic
ipation (Prac
tice)!
Continuou
s Stream of Con
tributions
(Persistence) !
Open Source Leadership, Why?
1. Product Dependency on Open Source Technologies
2. Faster Path to Innova=on
Open source soeware raises everyone’s game! Commodi8zing and freely sharing lower-‐level undifferen8ated components of the stack is a beber way of building products. When you do this you will force the business to differen8ate at higher levels of the stack in more innova8ve ways (including new business models).
3. Open Source is Ea=ng the So@ware World
“If you are going to master software you must master open source. It is hard to build something without open source code.” Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Keynote 2013
4. Towards a So@ware Driven Company
More emphasis on soeware innova8on.
Challenges
“No one said it’s gonna be easy”
Challenges
• Culture
• Educa8on
• Infrastructure
• Honorary men4on: Open source compliance (industrial scale)
Learned Open Source Success Factors
#5 Understand Contribu8on Rules
Each open source community is different.
#4 Understand Community Mo8vators
Successful communi8es are powered by mo8vated people.
#3 Avoid Custom Licenses
Gaining contributors/momentum requires low barriers to entry.
#2 Communi8es Need Nurturing
Pos8ng code to public sites is not collabora8on. Community par8cipa8on is a cycle.
#1 Be Humble, But Bold
Community leadership is earned, not granted.
Humble Bold
What to expect from us w.r.t. Open Source?
Thank you to all the open source developers - not just for the source code but also for inventing a better way to create software.!
Open Collaboration Changes Everything!
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