The five stages of corporate open source adoption
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A five‑stage progression frames corporate open source: deny, use, participate, contribute, lead. Concrete steps at each stage include inventory and legal compliance, developer training, an OSPO or central contact, joining foundations, and publishing a contribution policy (example: DB Systel on GitHub). Surprising scale details: the Mars helicopter stack uses code from ~12,000 global contributors. Advanced moves are open‑sourcing internal projects, adopting upstream first workflows, influencing foundation governance, and measuring where different business units sit on the path.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 9:43Interact with the Community
- 11:55Digital Transformation
- 13:50Initial Strategy
- 16:59Contributing
- 18:22Lead Stage
- 19:58How Mature Are We
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