FrOSCon 2026

Stefans Talk „The Changing State of Openness“ bei der FrOSCon* 2026.:

„In this talk, I want to give an overview of the changes that Google has introduced in the past twelve months in the Android ecosystem and how they are affecting Android users, device manufacturers, custom ROM maintainers and the open-source community in general. Furthermore, I want to explore the possibilities of how the community can and is already adapting to the changing landscape.

Last year, Google announced the introduction of Android Developer Verification and upcoming restrictions for Android Application sideloading on Android-certified devices. This caused a wave of opposition in the open-source community and led to the creation of the „Keep Android Open“ initiative. Projects like UnifiedPush, have seen an increased interest and ideas for a Unified Attestation framework are emerging. Apart from that, there are further changes that Google has made to the development process of the AOSP that affect AOSP developers and custom ROM maintainers, like LineageOS or GrapheneOS. For example, the Pixel phone was dropped as a reference device from the AOSP tree and the count of security patch releases was reduced. In this talk, I want to discuss these examples, along with other developments that have occurred over the last twelve months.“

*Die FrOSCon 2026 steht ganz im Zeichen von Freier Software und Open Source. Immer im Spätsommer lädt der Fachbereich Informatik der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg gemeinsam mit dem FrOSCon e.V. zu einem abwechslungsreichen Wochenende ein. Es erwartet dich ein starkes Programm aus Vorträgen und Workshops, das sich an alle Altersklassen richtet – ganz egal, ob du Freie Software bereits im Alltag nutzt, sie gerade erst kennenlernen möchtest oder selbst mitentwickelst. Zusätzlich zum Vortragsprogramm bietet eine begleitende Ausstellung mit Ständen verschiedenster Open-Source-Projekte und Unternehmen spannende Einblicke und viel Raum zum Netzwerken.