Mirko Boehm 🚀

Free and Open Source Software contributor (KDE Community, Open Source Initiative, Open Invention Network, others). Senior Director, Community Development, Linux Foundation Europe. PhD, innovation economics. Visiting lecturer, Technical University of Berlin. Openforum Academy fellow. Berlin, Germany.

Recent Posts

Open Source in Europe, there and back again

Open source communities and the software they produce have been at the centre of most of my professional life. Three years ago, I accepted an offer from MBition, the Mercedes-Benz infotainment development subsidiary, to develop their open source strategy and drive horizontal collaboration on the infotainment functionality in the automotive industry. Since then I have been on an amazing development journey culminating in the introduction of the new Mercedes-Benz E class, the first model to feature MBition’s next generation infotainment software. While delivering such an amazing product to market was exhilarating, I have always found a different joy from working directly in the open source community. As of today I am excited to announce I am going to be focusing on community development at Linux Foundation Europe.

Open Source in Europe, there and back again

Projects

The impact of open source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy
This study aims to investigate the economic impact of open source software and hardware on the EU economy.
The impact of open source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy
The Relationship Between Open Source Software and Standard Setting
The Joint Research Center of the European Commission commission a study on The Interaction between Open Source Software and FRAND licensing in Standardisation. The study is performed by Knut Blind and me.
The Relationship Between Open Source Software and Standard Setting
shelldoc
Execute Unix shell commands in Markdown documentation as tests.
shelldoc
The FLOSSary
A glossary af Free and Open Source Software related terminology
The FLOSSary

Teaching

I teach the course Open Source and Intellectual Property in the Digital Society at the Chair of Innovation Economics of the Technical University of Berlin. The course is open to students with an economics, computer science or engineering background. It is thought in English.