At Mercedes-Benz, we decided that we don’t want to “just use FOSS”, but to fully embrace all aspects of it. This means we needed a dedicated Open (and Inner) Source strategy and an Open Source Program Office – but first we had to define what it really means to “embrace FOSS”. Come with me on our journey which we started about 6 years ago. Let me show you what we learned, what the crucial points were in implementing the strategy, and what we wish we had already known at the beginning.