Open Source Journey in MoxaBuild up Open Source Office in Hardware Manufacture

Company

SZ Lin (林上智)Embedded Linux Development Center,

Software Engineer

07/16/2019

About Me

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SZ LIN (林上智)

Software Engineer at Moxa

CIP Technical Steering Committee member

Debian Developer

OpenChain 2.0 Traditional Chinese Translator

Introduction to Moxa

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Fast Facts

# 1Supplier in

Serial

Connectivity

# 3Supplier in

Industrial Ethernet

Infrastructure

Market Leadership

devices worldwide

Connecting

50+Millionyears of experience in

industrial automation

30+

Moxa is a leading provider of edge connectivity, industrial computing,

and network infrastructure solutions for enabling connectivity.

Numerous Global Awards

Design & Engineering HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan

Sales & Marketing Headquarters

Brea, California USA

Headquarters

2Branches

12R&D Manpower

34%120+Distributors

Global Presence

Smart Grid

Smart Rail

Smart Oil Field

Smart Factory

Smart Transportation

Smart Marine

Application

Device

Network Management

Industrial Routers

Industrial Ethernet

Industrial Wireless

LAN

Network Infrastructure

Connectivity Solutions for Your Networks

Serial Connectivity

I/O Connectivity

Edge Connectivity

Embedded Computers

Industrial

Computing

Your Trusted Partner in AutomationMoxa has partnered with companies in many industries, and along the

way we have established trusted relationships and a strong reputation

Open Source Software In Moxa

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Final Commercial Product or Service

MoxaProprietary

Open Source

3rd Party Commercial

Integration & Testing

Moxa Joined Civil Infrastructure

Platform Project

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supplier

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supplier

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supplier

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supplier

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supplier

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supplier

FOSS info.

FOSS info.

Without

FOSS info.

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FOSS info.

FOSS

issueFOSS info.

FOSS info.

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Final Commercial Product or Service

MoxaProprietary

Open Source

3rd Party Commercial

Integration & Testing

1. Identification of the origin and

license of used software.

2. Identification of license

obligations.

3. Fulfillment of license obligations

when products ship.

Open Source Management

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Copyright Patent

A patent gives its owner the right to

exclude others from making, using,

selling, and importing an invention

for a limited period of time, usually

twenty years.

src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent

Copyright is a legal right, that grants

the creator of an original work

exclusive rights to determine whether,

and under what conditions, this

original work may be used by others

src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

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5

Copyright Patent

Identify key recommended processes

for effective open source management [1].

It is a shared defensive patent pool

with the mission to protect Linux [2].

Moxa Joined OIN Community

Define Free and Open Source Policy

OSS Office Organization in Moxa

Open Source Office

FOSS Steering Committee

Open Source Review Board

• CTO

• CEO

• SBG Head

• LIP Head

• LIP Specialists

• SBG Engineers

• External Consultant

(Lucien Lin)

• CTO

• Technology Center Engineers

Overview of OpenChain

Specification

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Open Source

Compliance

Policies

Processes

Training

Tools

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Open Source

Policy

Software

Staff

1.1.1

1.1.2

Program

Open Source

inquiry contact info.

2.1.1

Open Source

Contribution Policy

5.1.1

5.1.3

training, internal

wiki, other

practical

communication

Contribution

Process

5.1.2

Documentation

1. Awareness of participants

2. Program scope

1.3.1 1.4.1

Conformance

Documentation

1. Program meet

specification

2. Keep at least 18

months

6.1.1, 6.2.1

Review

Process

1.5.12.1.2

Release

Process

4.1.*

Development

Documentation

1. R&R

2. Role competencies

3. Competence evaluation

4. Name of role

5. Review and remediation

of non-compliant cases.

1.2.*

2.2.*

Open Source

ObligationCompliance

Artifacts

Supplied

Software

Open Source

Version

Copyright

3.1.*3.2.1

Processes, Tooling and Support

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OpenChain

Trust between entities in the supply chain

The OpenChain Project builds trust in open source by making

open source license compliance simpler and more

consistent

SPDX

Trust for software packages

Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) is a file format used to document information on the

software licenses under which a given piece of computer software is distributed.

FOSSology

Free scanning technology

FOSSology is a open source license compliance software

system and toolkit

Timeline (est.)

Phase2019

Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Specification

Moxa FOSS

Policy

Processes,

tools and

training

Conformance

Specification

Moxa FOSS policy

Processes, tools and training

Conformance

Open Source Activities in Moxa

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2018 2019 Future

InnerSource

Open Source Office

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When you want something, all

the universe conspires in

helping you to achieved it.

© 2013 Moxa Inc. All rights reserved.© 2013 Moxa Inc. All rights reserved.

Thank you

References

1. https://resources.github.com/whitepapers/introduction-to-innersource/

2. https://dirkriehle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Inner-Source-Ten-

Years.pdf

3. https://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/files/getting-started-with-

innersource.pdf