The InnerSource Laundry List

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Bosch condenses 15 years of practice into concrete must-haves: host code on GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, provide free issue trackers and CI runners, automate project templates and sign-off workflows, and add discoverability (portals plus LLMs) and linting for compliance. Track metrics from day one and expect governance, policy and training around export control and transfer pricing. Establish an InnerSource Program Office (they run one of about four people) — removing it caused contribution decline, reinstating it produced a record year. Documentation, outreach and executive sponsorship are first steps.

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1. 0:00Introduction and journey
2. 1:00Defining InnerSource goals
3. 2:55Technical requirements for InnerSource
4. 5:01Social aspects of InnerSource
5. 7:30Organizational setup for InnerSource
6. 10:43Legal considerations in InnerSource
7. 12:09The InnerSource iceberg
8. 13:12Where to start with InnerSource
9. 15:00Community management strategy

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