From Qualitative Insights To Quantitative Analysis: Leveraging the OSCI for Strategic OSS Engagement
summary
Sony uses the Open Source Contributor Index (OSCI) (EPAM) to quantify activity and verify strategy, finding ASWF contributions doubled overall since its 2018 launch and that Sony Imageworks is the single largest corporate contributor to ASWF. Analysis shows company commits to OpenUSD rise after its 2022 standardization, though private repositories obscure some activity. The data supports a top‑down ROI case that frees engineering time, motivates engineers, and guides targeted collaboration choices with other vendors under neutral governance.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Sony's OSS strategy verification
- 2:34OSS decision business strategy
- 4:25Quantitative analysis with OCI Index
- 5:28ASWF growth and impact
- 7:42OpenUSD adoption and contributions
- 9:51OSS strategy effectiveness
- 13:24Q&A
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