A Vision of FOSS @MercedesBenz

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Mercedes‑Benz creates an Open Source Program Office and a company FOSS Manifesto under CC0, mandates a one‑hour driver's license training before contributions, and funds projects through rounds of GitHub Sponsors while joining foundations. Internal audits show about 60% open source code and similar vulnerability rates. Inner‑source coordinators link business units, GitHub (with GitHub Actions) becomes the core platform, and sponsorship plus policy produce measurable buy‑in and reusable shared components.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 3:37Create internal awareness
3. 5:50A typical FOSS office
4. 8:20Embrace FOSS
5. 13:37Why FOSS
6. 16:39MercedesBenz FOSS Manifesto
7. 23:51Questions

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