Open-source technology can play an important role in tackling the climate emergency by offering greater opportunities for collaboration and shared learning on key issues. By Leigh Mc Gowran.
Technology is already “crucial” for dealing with the climate crisis, but noted some key advantages that an open-source approach offers, particularly in terms of collaboration. We need to be open not just in our collaboration but also in our learnings and results, we need to understand what doesn’t work just as much as what works.
Che spoke about the importance of improving technology to help the environment, including the ways open source can be a benefit when it comes to improving energy efficiency and protecting the wild. Speaking to SiliconRepublic.com, Che said open-source research can be used to help bring “real change” to certain areas such as cloud, edge and devices.
Huawei has been contributing to open-source projects since around 2010, with the level of contributions rising in recent years. The company was the 10th largest contributor to GitHub in 2020, which was a leap from 27th place the year before. Huawei also contributes to Gitee, China’s largest open-source software repository.
Che said there are challenges with bringing people around the world together for open-source collaboration, however. “Different developers may be in different time zones and speak different native languages,” he noted. “They may serve different markets with substantially different requirements. And they may develop their local ecosystems completely differently.” Nice one!
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