Episode 134: Cornelius Schumacher on being an Open Source Steward at DB Systel

Guest Cornelius Schumacher Panelists Richard Littauer | Ben
Nickolls Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where
we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. We’re very
excited to have as our guest, Cornelius Schumacher, who works as
the Open Source Steward at DB Systel, helping teams to successfully
use and contribute to open source. Today, we’ll have discussions
with Cornelius about what it means to be an Open Source Steward at
DB Systel, what it means for the world of open source, and how he
brings his extended history of working with KDE and other open
source communities into this position. Go ahead and download this
episode now to learn more! [00:02:44] Cornelius tells us what he
does as an Open Source Steward at DB Systel, how big DB Systel is,
and how many people work under him. [00:07:18] Find out if
Cornelius sees himself as being a civil servant or as being more
enterprise based in terms of how his OSPO is situated compared to
other OSPOs. [00:08:53] We learn how Cornelius’s journey and
experience has been with license compliance over the last three
years. [00:11:26] Ben asks Cornelius if there’s been a conversation
about what’s been happening in the U.S. with the Biden
administration’s security of open source and the supply chain
security concept, and Richard wonders if the German Sustainable
Open Source Fund is also included in that discussion. [00:14:07] We
hear what environmental sustainability looks like for Cornelius.
[00:20:12] Cornelius fills us in on the German group, the report
they made, and how they think about autonomy. [00:21:28] We learn
more about how Cornelius is interfacing with projects to make them
more autonomous and sustainable, and how he’s helping the open
source community at large through his work at Deutsche Bahn.
[00:25:19] Richard brings up a blog post Cornelius wrote, and
Cornelius talks more about how his journey has evolved. [00:30:38]
Cornelius shares advice on what he would say if someone wanted to
work in open source but they don’t have the free time. [00:33:18]
Find out where you follow Cornelius and his work online. Quotes
[00:15:19] “Still, software has a big influence on energy
consumption, but also on how systems are designed, what you can do
with them, and how much control you have.” [00:28:24] “I think we
should pay people properly.” [00:28:53] “Exploiting people is not
sustainable.” Spotlight [00:34:54] Ben’s spotlight is Flipper Zero.
[00:35:45] Richard’s spotlight is Erasmus+. [00:36:29] Cornelius’s
spotlight is NEdit. Links SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/)
Sustain Podcast (https://podcast.sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS
Twitter
(https://twitter.com/SustainOSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/)
podcast@sustainoss.org (mailto:podcast@sustainoss.org) Richard
Littauer Twitter
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Ben Nickolls Twitter
(https://twitter.com/BenJam?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
Cornelius Schumacher Twitter (https://twitter.com/cschum) Cornelius
Schumacher LinkedIn (https://de.linkedin.com/in/cschum) Cornelius
Schumacher Blog (https://blog.cornelius-schumacher.de/) Cornelius
Schumacher GitHub (https://github.com/cornelius) Cornelius
Schumacher Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Schumacher) DB Systel
(https://www.dbsystel.de/dbsystel-en?) Deutsche Bahn accelerates
climate neutral target (Global Railway Review)
(https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/125223/deutsche-bahn-accelerates-climate-neutral-target/)
First Ever Eco-Certified Computer Program: KDE’s Popular PDF Reader
Okular
(https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-03-16-press-release-okular-blue-angel/)
Sustain Podcast-Episode 82: Steve Helvie and the Open Compute
Project (https://podcast.sustainoss.org/82) Sustain Podcast-Episode
49: What OpenUK Does with Amanda Brock & Andrew Katz
(https://podcast.sustainoss.org/49) Open Source Guide: Best
Practices for Open Source Software Version 3.0 (bitkom)
(https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Publikationen/Open-Source-Leitfaden-Praxisempfehlungen-fuer-Open-Source-Software-Version-30)
Don’t sell free software cheap by Cornelius Schumacher
(https://blog.cornelius-schumacher.de/2013/05/dont-sell-free-software-cheap.html)
Flipper Zero-Kickstarter
(https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flipper-devices/flipper-zero-tamagochi-for-hackers)
Erasmus+
(https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities/opportunities-for-individualsers)
NEdit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEdit) Credits Produced by
Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr
at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by
DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/)
Special Guest: Cornelius Schumacher.