Charter

NOTE: AB (Oct. 30, 2024) discussed and approved (with a comment to add the Goal) version. The goal can be found in the top page.

The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Expert Group's purpose is to help spread open-source best practices throughout the automotive industry. OSPO-EG activity covers the following:

  • Encourage open discussion for:

    • Challenging upstream-first development model in Automotive environment

    • Dealing with business environmental restrictions when using open source (like export control and anti-trust)

  • Encourage and help companies to launch their OSPO

  • Offer a place to share pain points and best practices to resolve them

  • Publish documents of the best practices for common pain points

  • Reach out companies outside AGL community and invite them

  • Encourage member companies to contribute code to AGL-UCB (and related projects)



NOTE: Proposed version after public review (Oct. 8, 2024)


The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Expert Group's purpose is to help spread open-source best practices throughout the automotive industry. OSPO-EG activity covers the following:
  • Encourage and help companies to launch their OSPO
  • Offer a place to share pain points and best practices to resolve them
  • Publish documents of the best practices for common pain points
  • Reach out companies outside AGL community and invite them
  • Encourage member companies to contribute code to AGL-UCB (and related projects)
  • Encourage open discussion for:
    • Challenging upstream-first development model in Automotive environment
    • Dealing with business environmental restrictions when using open source (like export control and anti-trust)



NOTE: As of now (Aug. 12, 2024), the charter below is under public review. Please leave comments in this page!

The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Expert Group's purpose is to help spread open-source best practices throughout the automotive industry. OSPO-EG activity covers the following:

  • Encourage companies to launch their OSPO
  • Offer a place to share pain points and best practices to resolve them
  • Publish documents of the best practices for common pain points
  • Reach out companies outside AGL community and invite them
  • (tentative) Encourage open discussion for improvement of OSS development model within the industry