Embedded Recipes 2018 - Can small companies upstream? - Ricardo Ribalda

Even though anyone is invited to contribute to Open Source projects, the development is usually driven by the big players of the industry (Intel, Red Hat, Linaro…). Trying to divert that development towards the interest of a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) may look like an impossible task.

The challenges and rewards of more than two hundred patches upstreamed.
The impact of those contributions to the Community and to our Company.
What can be done, in our opinion, to encourage more contributions from SMEs.