Trimble GSOF wireshark plugin

[Ryanf55]

Hello, I'm working on an integration of the open source ArduPilot autopilot with a Trimble PX-1.
It's helpful to debug data over ethernet, so I wrote a wireshark plugin for it.

Protocol: Trimble GSOF

Repo: https://github.com/Ryanf55/trimble-gsof-wireshark

Any chance you would be able to make a repo in trimble-oss that I can submit a PR to? Many other products use this protocol.

[coliff]

Hi Ryan! Sounds neat. You are welcome to create a private repo in the trimble-oss organization and invite your colleagues and team mates to contribute to it etc. If you wanted to make the project public there are a few extra steps and need to ensure all the code is safe and has passed cyber security guidelines and has Mend scans added etc. I've worked on lots of Trimble open and inner source projects and can help you get setup if you like :-)

[Ryanf55]

Nice. I'm the only one developing it right now (as a 3rd party; I don't work at Trimble or have okta access). I'm happy to add whatever checks are needed in CI. There is only a single Lua file, it should be easy to vet.

[coliff]

Oh ok... I wouldn't be qualified to review/approve that still though - especially if it was public. Can you ask your manager to help perhaps?

[andre-nguyen]

Hi Ryan, as you can see there is some amount of red tape around Trimble open sourcing things. I myself was surprised to learn that "oss" in "trimble-oss" actually means online source store instead of open source software.

Fortunately I have gone through the process once with the ROS driver and can enquire again. There is a lot of will within the organization to contribute to open source, especially if it makes it easier to use Trimble products.