The Linux Foundation Member Summit

In the evolving landscape of GenAI, open strategies are key drivers of innovation and widespread adoption. This preso explores how transparency, collaboration, and shared resources shape the future of GenAI. We will highlight fundamental principles, successful initiatives, and real-world case studies demonstrating how open-source models and datasets accelerate research and democratize access to cutting-edge AI capabilities. The discussion will address the challenges and opportunities of open strategies, balancing openness with security, and the impact on IP and community governance. Insights from recent research and industry trends will shed light on the implications for enterprise AI deployment and the broader AI ecosystem. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how open strategies in GenAI can unlock potential, foster innovation, and drive sustainable growth. This session is valuable for developers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders seeking to harness the power of openness in AI.

As cloud native technologies mature, AI agents are emerging as game-changers for automation and optimization. This talk explores their transformative potential in cloud environments, focusing on Kubernetes and Istio management. We'll present a case study on how Aokumo has deployed AI agents to service clients globally, demonstrating tangible benefits in managing complex cloud infrastructures. The session will showcase practical applications where AI agents streamline operations, enhance security, and drive efficiency. We'll also discuss the open source community's crucial role in developing, standardizing, and ethically implementing these technologies.

W3C Verifiable Credentials are spreading like wildfire, fed by a growing number of governments who are piloting and putting VC-based systems into production. The EU will be mandating their use by the end of 2025 for certain key citizen services. VCs and Digital Wallets can be used in privacy-preserving ways, opening the door to a different, better, more decentralized paradigm for granting access and permissions to web sites, apps, and key services. Come to hear about the use cases, the regulations, and the underlying technology that will likely emerge as a requirement for most meaningful open source projects to adopt at some point soon.

Since US President Joe Biden issued an executive order specifying requirements for SBOMs among software suppliers to US federal agencies, there have been more questions than answers regarding what this would look like, even from the US government itself. This time will be a facilitated discussion around what this means specifically for open source communities and corporate entities that use open source in their products. Some of the potential discussion areas: Do people view this as a potential limiting factor for corporate use of open source software? What are the potential impacts of this requirement on open source? Is the Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) useful and realistic? With the goal of risk, vulnerability, and incident management, does the proposed SBOM structure “work” to analyze open source software? What tools are people currently using to make and analyze SBOMs? As input is still being considered, is there anything from an open source perspective that we should be advocating for?

In July, the United Nations hosted the second OSPOs for Good symposium to bring together open source thought leaders to discuss using OSPOs as a global network for helping reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Discussions touched on open source and AI, OSPOs in government and networked cities, software security, and the impact open source can have on research and science. This panel brings together several of the speakers from the event to talk about their perspectives and the next steps we can take together to use the power of the open source ecosystem for good.

This proposed session is a panel discussion covering recent developments and likely future directions for open source software, particularly as it applies to companies that are developing and/or using open source software in their products. The invited panelists all have extensive experience that cover the most significant issues facing open source today, including licensing, security, AI, and OSPOs.