[svlug] [svlug-announce] SVLUG May 13th meeting: Khem Raj on Consuming Open Source and Why Work Upstream

[Rick Moen]

WHEN:

Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 
7pm-9pm


MAIN PRESENTATION

TOPIC:  Consuming Open Source and Why Work Upstream


PRESENTED BY:
 Khem Raj

TOPIC SUMMARY:
This talk will cover general topics around open source consumption in
products.  How can you work in a scenario where open source forms a major
piece of the product offering?  What are the concerns and things to keep
in focus?  How does the open source contribution model work?  With the
collaborative nature of development strategy developing in modern
system development, it's very beneficial to understand the portions that
you do not control directly, and how can you work with this model.
Khem details why contributing to open source you consume is beneficial
instead of holding it. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Khem Raj (https://www.linkedin.com/in/khemraj,
https://plus.google.com/+KhemRaj/) is a Linux architect at Comcast,
helping several open source initiatives within  the company:  He is
guiding the company's adoption of open source software, and becoming an
active contributor to the open source components that are used in the
RDK settop software stack.  One of the most recent projects he has
worked on is migrating RDK to an OE/Yocto-based framework for build
system and embedded Linux distribution generation. He is also actively
working on making the RDK community adopt the RDK framework for future
TV settop devices and broadband gateways. He is a Yocto Project advisory
board member, and member of the technical steering Committee for the
OpenEmbedded project.  He is core maintainer for several key pieces in
OpenEmbedded framework, including core metadata, toolchains, and SDKs.
Prior to Comcast, Khem helped Juniper migrate the JUNOS operating system
to use embedded Linux as the base operating system.  Khem is a frequent
speaker at conferences, most recently gave a talk at Yocto Developer Day
and Embedded Linux Conference in Europe. 


LOCATION:

 Symantec
 VCAFE Facility
 350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)
 Mountain View, CA 94043

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POST-MEETING GATHERING:

If you just can't get enough, a smaller group usually goes to a local
restaurant/diner after the meeting:  Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi, Too,
939 West El Camino Real between Shoreline and Castro, Mountain View.

We look forward to seeing you there!



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