FOSS Backstage 2026

Tim Schmetzer

Tim Schmetzer advises both national and international companies on matters of IT and copyright law. He specialises in software law (including SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), AI regulatory topics and Open Source Software compliance.

Tim mainly advises clients in the Tech, Media and Comms sector and the Mobility and Infrastructure sector on all matters of information technology law, also contributing a deep technical understanding gained from programming knowledge.

Tim studied law in Freiburg, focussing on intellectual property and IT law. During his legal traineeship, Tim worked for a Berlin based boutique law firm for IT law and in the privacy office of an international healthcare company.


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Osborne Clarke


Session

03-17
12:30
40min
Balancing the Supply Chain Act
Sarah Hoffmann, Cornelius Schumacher, Sven Jeroschewski, Melanie Wollnik, Tim Schmetzer

Corporate users, volunteer maintainers, and everything in between, how can they work together? In this panel, we bring together different voices to explore: What does each side intend, expect, and need? And how can we bridge tensions in today’s open source supply chain?

Governance & Community
Auditorium