Surveying Industrial Roles in Open Source

Software Development

Øyvind Hauge, Carl-Fredrik Sørensen, Andreas Røsdal

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491

Trondheim, Norway

Abstract. Industry uses Open Source Software (OSS) to a greater and greater

extent. We have defined four industrial OSS roles; OSS provider, OSS

integrator, OSS participant and Inner Source Software (ISS) participant. Based

on these four roles we have performed a survey in the ITEA COSI project. We

provide initial answers to what motivates companies to undertake these roles,

what are the advantages and challenges of undertaking them, and which

development practices they use while undertaking these roles.

Key words: Open Source, Industry, Roles, Survey, Motivations, Development

Practices

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