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Why is Open Source Important to Samsung and What Are We Doing

About It?Ibrahim Haddad, Ph.D.VP, R&D and Head of Open Source LabIbrahim.H@Samsung.com@IbrahimAtLinux

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Some History

c

2002

Getting a taste

of Open Source

(Embedded Linux)

2005

2008

2013 2014

Establishing the Open Source

GroupIncreased Adoption

Prolifera-tion

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Why is Open Source Important to Sam-sung?

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But, Most Importantly

Let’s ask ourselves this one question:

Can we build #TheNextBigThing without using open source

software?

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[1] Building with OSS

Your Product

or Service

Open Source

Open Source Product Strategies

This model gives us the ability to create proprietary software or service that work on top of OSS.

Productor

Service

Open Source

In this model, proprietary

software or services have

strong dependencies upon

OSS and almost any new

product will heavily depend

on OSS to succeed.

[2] Building on OSS

Open Source

Product or

Service

Open Source

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The Open Source Group

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Open Source

Leadership

Open Source Group Mission

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On Open Source Leadership

Open source leadership can’t be given. - It must be earned. You earn it by consistent par-ticipation and contribution.

Open source leadership can not be taken away. - You lose it by lack of participation and contribu-tions.

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Open Source Group: Current Focus Areas

Open Source Founda-

tions

Linux Foun-dation

Software Freedom Law

Center

Software Conservancy

Center

GNOME Foundation

Apache Foundation

Mozilla Foundation

Legal Compli-

ance

Manage Compliance Process in

SRA-SV

Advise R&D Teams on

Open Source Legal Com-

pliance

Support teams in Ko-

rea with Compliance Efforts and

Help Resolve Inquiries

Evange-lism

Strategy Commu-

nity

Launch new projects on

behalf of SEC

Sponsor + speak at con-

ferences

Organize community

events

Deliver in-ternal train-

ing

Provide men-torships for junior engi-

neersShowcase thought

leadership via publica-

tionsConduct in-ternal tech-nical work-

shops

Advise SEC on commu-

nity matters

Media

FFmpeg

Gstreamer

Standards

Web/W3C

(CSS, HTML5)

IoT

(Open Inter-connect

Consortium+

IoTivity Project)

Virtualiza-tion

KVM

QEMU

Web

Webkit

Blink

Graphics

Wayland

EFL

Cairo

System

Linux Kernel

TizenPlatform

TechnicalNon-Technical

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What do our Open Source developers do?

1. Upstream development 50%+ of their time on key OSS components.

2. Helping R&D and product teams on OSS components.

3. Knowledge transfer internally: technical training on open source components, educating on open source development, mentoring junior or non open source developers.

4. Being visible internally + externally: papers, conferences, community events, etc.

5. Special projects / new ideas.

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Is it working?

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Example 1: Linux Kernel

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Linux Foundation Kernel Report March 2012

From 30th to 5th top position in < 4 years

Linux Foundation Kernel Report Sept 2013

Linux Foundation Kernel Report Feb 2015

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Increased Sign-offs (2013 vs. 2015)

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Newcomers from Samsung to Kernel (2014-2015)

Supporting factors:1. Open source developer track2. Maintainership Program3. Open Source Frontiership Program

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Example 2: Wayland

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Example 3: Gstreamer + Plugins

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On the compliance side...

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Compliance hiccups fall under 6 buckets

1. Policy failure Employee did not follow policy / internal guide-lines

2. Process failure Process oversight, corner cases, human error

3. Tooling failure Industrial scale automation leads to defects as you perfect the tool or its usage

4. IP Failure Copy / Paste

5. SW Procurement failure Incoming non-compliance via 3rd party

6. Misc. failure Notice error, code versioning error, web site ac-cess error, etc.

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Learning from our experiences …

1. Training Formal training delivered by the Open Source Group (OSG)

2. Policy Training + ongoing seminars + lighter and localized policy

3. Process Training + clearer, more efficient and localized process

4. Tooling Training + additional tooling (including in-house)

5. SW Procurement Training + reform agreements + templates

6. IP Failure Require approval for code re-use

7. Misc. Update process to include verification steps

8. Direct hotline to OSG Open Source Group acts as advisor on any open source

compliance inquiry.

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Por-tals

Compli-ance

Educa-tion

Inven-tory

Communica-tion

Internal

External

Training

Guidelines

Licenses

New Em-ployee

Orientation

Inventory Manage-

mentAudit 3rd

Party Code

Usage Process +

PolicyDistribution Process +

PolicyAuditing Process +

PolicyChecklists

Attribution Policy

Documenta-tion Policy

Internal

External

Compliance part

of develop-mentDedicated Team

Scoreboard

The Compliance Infrastructure

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Building a Leadership Infra-structure

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Open Source Infrastructure for Leader Scenario

High engage-ment

in open stan-dards

Por-tals

Compli-ance

Educa-tion

Inven-tory

Communica-tion

Internal

External

Training

Guidelines

Licenses

New Em-ployee

Orientation

Inventory Manage-

mentAudit 3rd

Party Code

Usage Process +

PolicyDistribution Process +

PolicyAuditing Process +

PolicyChecklists

Attribution Policy

Documenta-tion Policy

Internal

External

Compliance part

of develop-mentDedicated Team

Scoreboard

Contribu-tion

Process + Pol-icy

Increased scope

of engage-ment

+Increased #

of OSS projects

Open Stan-dards

Contributor Training

Establish organization

OSS Group

Hire from OSS

projects

Open sourceproprietary

code

Support OSS

foundationsHost OSS

events

Active withOSS Licens-

ing

Establish Internal OSS certification and career

path

Mentorship Program

Indepen-dent

IT Infra

Infrastructure to Support Drive to OSS Leadership

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We continue to build the leadership blocks

Open Source Group (HQ, SRA-SV, SRUK, SRI-B)High number of maintainers, committers and reviewersLinux Foundation, Apache Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, GNOME , SFC, SFLCKorea Linux Forum, SOCON, Kernel Summit 2015, Contributors Day (2x per year / Internal)

Frontiership Program

TizenIoTivity

W3CIoT

Mentorship Program

Open SourceMentorship

Program

IndependentIT infra

Open source IT infra: Our own servers + IRC + WIKI + VPN + Linux Laptops+ IMAP support for Linux + Mailing Lists Server + etc.

Heavily involved in dozens of

projects used in our products

Consumer + Basic Participant

Infrastructure

Leadership blocks were established in 2013 & 2014

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Thought Leadership (US Team)

20147 technical publications

58 conference talks

22 media mentions (incl. 2x in WSJ)

Numerous conferences sponsor-ships

Sponsored Outreachy Program

2015Established: http://blogs.s-osg.org/

35 conference talks

23 media mentions

Numerous conferences sponsor-ships

Sponsored Outreachy Program

201310 publications

30 conference talks

Numerous conferences sponsor-ships

Established social media pres-ence

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Samsung & the Korean Open Source in-volvement

• Increased # of Korean companies active with OSS foundations

• Increased # of Open Source conferences in Korea - Led by Samsung: Korea Linux Forum, SOSCON, Kernel

Summit, etc.

• Significant increase in contributions to key Open Source projects in past 5 years

• Very active local open source communities- Samsung Open Source Group (Korean Office) is doing great

job with local communities

• New industries joining (automotive, finance)

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Closing Thoughts

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Why Focus on Open Source R&D?

Open Source R&D is very important to our business.

• Allows shared development and lowers R&D cost.• Helps us accelerate product development and

innovation.• Gives us strong influence on technologies used in

products.• Gives us ammunition in the ongoing talent war.

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Open Collaboration Principles

• We can’t hire all the smart people in the world.

=> We need to find a way to tap into their knowledge

and influence favorable outcomes in external projects.

• Open source R&D creates significant value.

=> Internal R&D claims portion of that value.

• We don’t need to originate the research to use it and benefit from it.

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More Emphasis on Software Innovation

• More R&D collaboration• Better programming and development skills• Better architectural skills• Better software and system design skills• Better integration skills• Modular and scalable coding skills• Software re-use skills• Continuous testing and integration cycles• etc.

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More Emphasis on Software Innovation

• More R&D collaboration• Better programming and development skills• Better architectural skills• Better software and system design skills• Better integration skills• Modular and scalable coding skills• Software re-use skills• Continuous testing and integration cycles• etc.

OPEN SOURCE DEV

MODEL CHARACTERISTICS

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We Are Adapting to Collaborative R&D

Collaboration

Transparency

Meritocracy

ContributionGovernance

Organizational

KnowledgeReuse

Metrics

Culture Processes Tools

We’re on the right path.

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Questions / DiscussionIbrahim Haddad, Ph.D.VP, R&D and Head of Open Source LabIbrahim.H@Samsung.com@IbrahimAtLinux