Trust Isn’t Automatic in Open Source: It’s Protected
You’ve done the hard part: shipped a successful open source project. Read More
Articles about Open Source Ecosystem and Governance
Forking Ahead: A Year of Valkey
In March of 2024, the open source community witnessed the birth of Valkey, a new BSD-licensed high-performance key-value datastore. Born as a fork in response to Redis OSS 7.2's license change, Valkey represented a commitment to... Read More
Navigating Global Regulations and Open Source: US OFAC Sanctions
Chinese language version is also available. 在这里阅读中文版本 Japanese language version is also available. 日本語版もございます Open source is a fundamental part of software supply chains and production systems. As such, it has reached a stage of maturity... Read More
Understanding the State of Open Source Funding in 2024
We’ve long understood that people are the engine that powers open source. Prior research has found different ways to measure the value, aggregate investment, or cost to rebuild open source. Yet, the state of actual open source investment... Read More
Unlocking Developer Potential: Exploring the Resources That Drive Career Growth
In early 2024, Intel sponsored a study with Linux Foundation Research to better understand what open source software developers need most to grow their careers and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. The study was rooted... Read More
Open Source Maturity in Europe: Milestones, Opportunities, and Pathways in 2024
Open source software (OSS) is at a critical juncture in Europe, offering significant potential to drive digital innovation, enhance security, and promote digital autonomy. The new Linux Foundation Research report, Open Source Maturity in... Read More
Actively Manage your Open Source Project Health with LFX Insights
As a project leader, you're constantly looking for ways to monitor the health of your community and nurture its growth. Our latest version of LFX insights will provide you with powerful new tools, dashboards, and metrics to understand your... Read More
LFX Enhances Data-Driven Collaboration Management
This year, the Linux Foundation rolled out a new and improved LFX, a powerful cloud-based solution for members and projects to foster productivity in communities of open source innovation. Our vision for LFX was to build a collaboration... Read More
Is it time for an OSPO in your organization?
Is your organization consuming open source software, or is it starting to contribute to open source projects? If so, perhaps it’s time for you to start an OSPO: an open source program office. Read More
35 Podcasts Recommended by People You Can Trust
Because of my position as Executive Producer and host of The Untold Stories of Open Source, I frequently get asked, “What podcasts do you listen to when you’re not producing your own.” Interesting question. However, my personal preference,... Read More
Elevate Your Organization’s Open Source Strategy
The role of software, specifically open source software, is more influential than ever and drives today’s innovation. Maintaining and growing future innovation depends on the open source community. Enterprises that understand this are... Read More
LFX’22 Mentorship Experience with Open Horizon
The following post originally appeared on Medium. The author, Ruchi Pakhle, participated in our LFX Mentorship program this past spring. echo “amazing experience” Hey everyone! I am Ruchi Pakhle currently pursuing my Bachelor’s in Computer... Read More
The Life Cycles of Open Source Projects
There are hundreds of thousands of open source projects out there – many are innovative ideas, poised to make a positive impact on the world. There is a much smaller number that move from an idea with one or two maintainers to broad... Read More
Building a successful open source community: How coordination and facilitation helps projects scale and mature
Why do you need program management as part of your open source project? We asked a few of the Linux Foundation’s program managers to tell us how they each approach the task. How does coordination and facilitation help improve my project?... Read More
Nithya Ruff on Open Source Contributions Beyond Code
Nithya Ruff talks with Swapnil Bhartiya about Comcast’s contributions to open source and more. Read More
Building Leadership in Open Source: A Free Guide
The latest Open Source Guide for the Enterprise from The TODO Group provides practical advice for building leadership in open source projects and communities. Read More
The Open Source Program at Microsoft: How Open Source Thrives
Open source is a thriving part of Microsoft’s global works. And, the company’s open source journey has been neither as abrupt nor unexpected as it may have appeared. Read More
Oath’s Top 5 Open Source Goals
Gil Yehuda, Senior Director of Open Source at Oath (which owns the Yahoo and AOL brands), describes the company’s open source goals. Read More
Building Healthy Open Source Communities: Please Join Me for a Very Special Event
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