My Open Source Experience Podcast

The FOSS Manifesto that Everybody Wants


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Deciding to go all in on open source is often an enormous milestone in itself, however, it is just a small first step in the overall change process. Many companies have the buy-in on the engineering level, and some have it in the top management as well, but that is not enough!


In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Wolfgang Gehring shares his journey through this transformation within his company, Mercedes-Benz, which has been centered around a FOSS Manifesto that made a huge impact in the industry.


Learn more about:

- The Mercedes-Benz FOSS Manifesto

- The influence the company achieved, internally and industry-wide, by publishing their manifesto: https://opensource.mercedes-benz.com/manifesto/ 

- Why the company made the manifesto available under the Creative Commons license

- Automotive-focused open source groups

- Knowledge building and sharing within a large company

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My Open Source Experience PodcastBy Ildiko Vancsa, Phil Robb