Many organizations, from Red Hat to internet-scale giants like Google and Facebook, have established open source programs (OSPO). The TODO Group, a network of open source program managers, recently performed the first annual survey of corporate open source programs, and it revealed some interesting findings on the actual benefits of open source programs. According to the survey, the top three benefits of managing an open source program are:
- awareness of open source usage/dependencies
- increased developer agility/speed
- better and faster license compliance
Corporate open source programs on the rise
The survey also found that 53% of companies have an open source program or plan to establish one in the near future:
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