A New Survey Aims to Map the State of OSPOs
Open source program offices (OSPOs) have become a common fixture in large organizations. GitHub's Octoverse 2022 report noted that over 30% of Fortune 100 companies now run one. These offices typically function as a center of excellence, coordinating how an organization publishes its own code, participates in upstream communities, and manages its dependencies on external projects.
To better understand how these programs are being adopted and run across different sectors, GitHub is collaborating with the TODO Group and the Linux Foundation on a research initiative. The goal is to generate data-backed insights into the implementation and impact of OSPOs in industry, academia, and government.
The cornerstone of this effort is a public survey designed to measure how organizations are handling key open source challenges, such as balancing openness with control, managing upstream contributions and external dependencies, and sustaining both internal and external communities. The survey is intended for anyone involved in their organization's open source software strategy.
Participation takes less than 15 minutes, and the resulting data will be used to advance the understanding of open source at enterprise scale.
Take the survey
As an incentive, respondents who complete the survey will receive a code for 25% off any Linux Foundation e-learning training course or certification exam, provided they register before August 30, 2023.
