Open Source and InnerSource Publications

A curated list of Open Source and InnerSource publications (i.e. articles, blog posts, and presentations) from SAP or about SAP (sorted by date).

2024 publications (webinar recordings, podcast episodes, articles, blogs, etc.)

External Presentations

Blogs/Articles

Webinars

  • Code pal - ABAP test cockpit checks for Clean ABAP. Webinar with Thomas Fiedler, Product Owner of ABAP development tools, ABAP Platform; and Bjoern Juelinger, Product Owner of ABAP test cockpit, ABAP Platform about "code pal" - the second open source tool which supports the adoption of Clean ABAP - and how it can help you to easily integrate the Clean ABAP rules into your development. Recording & Slides

Podcast "The Open Source Way"

  • Open Source and Universities. Episode with Clare Dillon on how open source and InnerSource transform university collaboration and student learning.

2023 publications (webinar recordings, podcast episodes, articles, blogs, etc.)

External Presentations

Blogs/Articles

Webinars

  • Open Source Project ABAP Cleaner. Webinar with Jörg-Michael Grassau, initiator of the ABAP cleaner tool and Senior Developer for S/4 HANA at SAP about the open-source project ABAP cleaner - a configurable tool with the ambition to automate whatever can be automated with respect to ABAP code style - and how you can contribute and use the tool. Recording & Slides
  • Open Sourcing CAP. Webinar with Sebastian Schmidt, Development Manager for CAP; Christian Georgi, Product Owner at SAP; and Richard Lindner, SAP BTP SaaS Expert Developer at SAP about CAP – a framework designed for building cloud applications with Node.js or Java – and how it offers best practices and turnkey solutions for enterprise-level challenges. Recording & Slides
  • Open Component Model (OCM) – Breaking Boundaries with Open Source Collaboration. Webinar with Ingo Kober, Product Owner at SAP; and Jason Kafka, Engineering Manager at SAP about the Open Component Model (OCM) project and how the team navigated through a development culture clash for effective collaboration. Recording
  • Ways of Supporting Open-Source Communities. Webinar with Johannes Bechberger, developer at SapMachine; Andreas Kunz, lead architect at OpenUI5; and Christian Neu, member of the Open Source Program Office; about the growth and management of open source communities and the challenges that accompany it. Recording
  • SAP Cloud SDK - Benefits and Challenges of Open Sourcing. Webinar with MarikaMarszalkowski, Senior Developer in the area of Cloud Innovation at SAP, about the SAP Cloud SDK for JavaScript, an open source library that simplifies developing web applications on SAP’s Business Technology Platform. Recording & Slides

Podcast "The Open Source Way"

2022 publications (webinar recordings, podcast episodes, articles, blogs, etc)

External Presentations

  • Here be Dragons?! The (hi)story of Open Source at SAP - Sebastian Wolf, FOSS Friday, February 2022
  • How SAP ManagesOpen SourceandInnerSourcewith anOpen Source Program Office - Michael Picht, Airbus, September 2022
  • Copyright and License Compliance in SAP Open Source Projects - Sebastian Wolf, Mercedes-Benz Open Source Meetup, September 2022
  • Copyright- undLizenz-CompliancebeiSAP-Open Source-Projekten (German) - Sebastian Wolf, Bitkom Open Source Forum, September 2022
  • InnerSource is a marathon, not a sprint – the SAP Journey - Guilherme Dellagustin, InnerSource Commons Summit, November 2022

Blogs/Articles

Co-Authored Documents

Webinars

  • Project Piper - From InnerSource to Open Source. Webinar with Thorsten Duda, product owner at the Continuous Integration and Delivery Service and contributor to project "Piper" at SAP, about this continuous integration and delivery open-source project. Recordings & Slides
  • Open Source at SAP - What's in it for Students. Webinar with Ulrike Fempel, responsible for communication and business development of open source at SAP, discussing with students how they can benefit from open source when diving into a first job opportunity with an open-source project or when making open source part of their thesis or research at SAP. Recording & Slides
  • Copyright and License Compliance in SAP Open-Source Projects. Webinar with Sebastian Wolf, development architect at SAP, about copyright and license compliance in SAP open-source projects and SAP’s "outbound" process that enables teams to start open-source projects or to contribute to existing projects. Recording & Slides
  • Open Source License Compliance with OpenChain. Webinar with Shane Coughlan, OpenChain general manager at the Linux Foundation and Peter Giese, head of the SAP Open Source Program Office, sharing their insights about key requirements of a quality open source compliance program. Recording & Slides
  • Gaia-X, Catena-X, International Data Spaces – Three Initiatives, One Goal. Webinar with Nemrude Verzano, head of Industry 4.0 and Digital Supply Chain Innovation at SAP. Being one of the stakeholders in the Catena-X project, Nemrude explained the common goals of this community-driven lighthouse project. Recording & Slides
  • Navigating Open Source Risk. Webinar with Dawn Foster, director of Open Source Community Strategy at VMware, talking about a wide variety of risks along with ideas for mitigation when using and contributing to open source projects. Recording & Slides

Podcast "The Open Source Way"

2021 publications (webinar recordings, podcast episodes, articles, blogs, etc)

External Presentations

Blogs/Articles

Co-Authored Documents

Webinars

  • UI5 Web Components - Ilhan Myumyun, Stanislava Baltova, and Filip Siderov
  • Open Documentation Initiative - DJ Adams, November 9th
  • ClearlyDefined: Clear License Data for Open Source - Carol Smith, Nell Shamrell-Harrington, Brian Duran, October 19th
  • Eclipse Foundation Europe - Gael Blondelle (Eclipse Foundation Europe) and Matthias Sohn (SAP), September 22nd
  • Gardener - Kubernetes Clusters across different Infrastructures - Frank Heine and Hardik Dodiya, July 27th
  • Clean ABAP - Open Source Project with a Vivid Community - Klaus Häuptle and Florian Hoffmann, June 22nd
  • Open Source Supply Chains - How Attackers Poison the Well - Henrik Plate, May 18th
  • Open Source and Open Standards - From Enemies to Frenemies to Friends and Beyond - Mark Crawford, April 22nd
Podcast "The Open Source Way"

2020 publications (webinar recordings, podcast episodes, articles, blogs, etc)

External Presentations

Blogs/Articles

Co-Authored Documents

Podcast "The Open Source Way"