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HPE Blog | January 15, 2019
How Enterprise IT Pros Can Contribute to Open Source Projects
Undoubtedly, your company uses open source software. But the powers that be might express reluctance when developers want to create or maintain projects on company time. Here is a roadmap to help you convince them otherwise—starting with an internal open source project office.
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The New Stack | September 26, 2018
Open Source Culture Starts with Programs and Policies
More than anything, open source programs are responsible for fostering “open source culture,” according to a survey The New Stack conducted with The Linux Foundation’s TODO Group. By creating an open source culture, companies with open source programs see the benefits we’ve previously reported,...
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InformationWeek | March 13, 2018
Creating an Open Source Program for Your Company
The recent growth of open source has been phenomenal; the latest GitHub Octoverse survey reports the GitHub community reached 24 million developers working across 67 million repositories. Adoption of open source has also grown rapidly with studies showing that 65% of companies are using and...
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The Linux Foundation | February 6, 2018
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Red Hat is a testament to the success of open source, but it still benefited from some organization and goal-setting in its community efforts.
Open Source and Standards Team: How Red Hat Measures Open Source Success
Red Hat is a testament to the success of open source, but it still benefited from some organization and goal-setting in its community efforts.
“The Open Source and Standards office, or what some would refer to as an open source program office, was established six years ago to create a consistent...
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The Linux Foundation | October 4, 2017
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The Tools for Managing Open Source Programs guide provides an exhaustive collection of categorized tools that any open source program can benefit from.
Tools for Managing Open Source Programs: A Free Guide
Is your organization looking to build out an open source program? If so, you’re not alone, but not every organization has a holistic sense of the available tools that can help create a healthy program. A simple charter document and a few spreadsheets for tracking projects won’t cut it anymore in...
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The New Stack | August 10, 2017
Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Talk: “Developing an Open Source Strategy — The First 90 Days”
“Open source culture” is something many of us who work with the open source community, either directly or indirectly, believe we have a handle on. There’s a general presumption that it should center around the concept of sharing ideas, and contribute to a broader ideal of building better software. ...
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OpenSource.com | June 13, 2017
It's the Ecosystem, Stupid
I've been writing for a while on topics related to product and supply chain management in the context of open source communities, and I've noticed a few consistent themes in my articles and blog posts. Most notable is the call for companies to move from the "not invented here" syndrome to a more...
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Linux Training Staff | January 23, 2017
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Professional open source management focuses on minimizing risk and delivering the benefits of open source software. Learn more in this free webinar on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time.
Open Source Software Strategies for Enterprise IT
Enterprises using open source code in infrastructure must understand both the risks and benefits of community-developed software. Professional open source management is a discipline that focuses on minimizing risk and delivering the benefits of open source software as efficiently as possible.
For...
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OpenSource.com | September 6, 2016
How Google Created a New Kind of Open Source Program Office
In my previous article, What is an open source program office? And why do you need one?, I introduced the idea of an open source program office (OSPO) and discussed what they do, why a company would want to create one, and how to optimize them. In that article I focused on technology vendors and...
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