The Quick and the Dead: Open Source Foundations in the Age of Kingmakers

Mike Milinkovich Executive Director Eclipse Foundation @mmilinkov Monktoberfest 4-Oct-2013

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A Changing World

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If your continued employment depends not just on the quality of the software you employ, then, but perceptions of the quality of the software you employ, the halo effect offered by foundations that actively triage their assets is likely to be of benefit.

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If your continued employment depends not just on the quality of the software you employ, then, but perceptions of the quality of the software you employ, the halo effect offered by foundations that actively triage their assets is likely to be of benefit.

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<Sigh> • Governance

• IP Management, licensing, license compatibility

• Project infrastructure and forge (e.g. git)

• Project lifecycle

• Predictability

• Community oversight, norms, mores, culture

• Scale

• Sustainability

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Tackling Big Problems

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Small Technology,

Small teams

Bigger problems,

Single vendor

Platforms, ecosystems,

Communities

Multi-vendor

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Our constraints

One example : AIRBUS A300

• Program began in 1972 and will stop in 2007

2007-1972 = 35 years...

• Support will last until 2050

2050-1972 = 78 years !!!

On board software development for very long lifecycle

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Software Embedded on Airbus Aircraft

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The Internet of Things

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Internet

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Things

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Eclipse M2M/IoT

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Regulatory Capture

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Telcos Meet Developers

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We All Know That Open Wins

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Open Source Bullshit

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“Governance does not suck.” Jono Bacon

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It’s not about you

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So what are we changing at Eclipse?

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Technology Agnostic

• Definition of an Eclipse Project:

– The project will conform to the Eclipse Development Process

– The project will conform to the Eclipse Intellectual Property Policies and its related procedures

– The project will be licensed under the Eclipse Public License unless otherwise and unanimously approved by the Board.

• There is no requirement that Eclipse projects must utilize the Java language or OSGi modularity (plug-in) model.

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Common Build Infrastructure (CBI)

The Project Lifecycle Diet

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Long Term Support

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Thank You!

Questions?

mike@eclipse.org @mmilinkov

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Credits

• Open Web - W3C Technical Architecture Group http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/IAB_Prague_2011_slides.html

• Internet of Things image by Erik Wilde, University of Berkeley http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/blog/internet-of-things

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