OSPO Resources

This section contains resources and supporting material for the OSPO Alliance, sorted by type.

OSPO Stories

Discover how others are doing with their OSPOs, from large organisations to the public sector.

  • “A Vision of FOSS @Mercedes-Benz” by Wolfgang Gehring — FOSS ambassador and OSPO Leader (Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation). Talk given in May 2023 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “Return of experience on Open Source Software & Hardware governance in Thales” by Sébastien Lejeune — OSS Community manager (Thales Group). Talk given in April 2023 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “Paris Open Source — The City’s commitment to Open Source and roadmap” by Philippe Bareilles — Open Source Program Officer (City of Paris). Talk given in March 2023 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “MAIF: a singular open-source strategy” by Frédéric Pied and François Desmier (MAIF). Talk given in October 2022 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “Setting up an OSPO at a power utility” by Lucian Balea (RTE). Talk given in June 2022 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “The SAP OSPO” by Michael Picht (SAP). Talk given in December 2021 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “OSPO in the Academic World” by Anne-Marie Scott — Board Chair, Apereo Foundation. Talk given in October 2023 as part of the OnRamp session series.

Tools and Methods for OSPOs

  • “Introduction to the Governance game (to start the discussion about OSPOs)” by Jan Ainali — Codebase Steward (Foundation for Public Code). Talk given in June 2023 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “Hermine project: Open source code and data for legal compliance” by Camille Moulin and Benjamin Jean (InnoCube). Talk given in September 2022 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “How to facilitate Open Source software licensing and get it right?” by Carsten Emde (OSADL). Talk given in February 2022 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “FSFE’s Legal Network and its Legal and Licensing Workshop (LLW)” by Gabriel Ku Wei Bin — Legal Coordinator (FSFE). Talk given in February 2023 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “Market Readiness Level: how to select the right open source solution?” by Antoine Mottier — CTO at OW2. Talk given in April 2024 as part of the OnRamp session series.

Best Practices

Metrics, Security, … topics of high interest to OSPOs

  • “Establishing metrics early as an integral part of your OSPO first steps” by Daniel Izquierdo (Bitergia). Talk given in March 2022 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “Open Source Software Supply Chain Security — Why does it matter?” by Mikael Barbero - Head of security - (Eclipse Foundation). Talk given in January 2023 as part of the OnRamp session series.
  • “Manage Log4Shell and other open-source vulnerabilities with Eclipse Steady” by Henrik Plate (SAP Security Research). Talk given in January 2022 as part of the OnRamp session series.

More about the Good Governance Initiative

Generic Presentations

More presentations & videos

Other friendly OSPO initiatives & networks

  • BlueHats: French Open Source Community for civil servants
  • EC OSPO: The European Commission Open Source Programme Office (EC OSPO) acts as a facilitator for activities outlined in the [EC Open Source strategy](Open source software strategy).

Other curated resources

This section lists relevant resources submitted by our members.