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5.25 Use and contribute to open source

Business Strategy And Product Management

Define and maintain an open-source policy and actively contribute to open-source communities through code, time, and financial or in-kind support.

Success Criteria

  • Open source governance:
    Define and maintain processes for the sustainable use and contribution of open-source tools, including selection, approval, and release workflows that prioritize reuse, reduce duplication, and support long-term maintainability.
  • Collaboration and contribution:
    Collaborate with the open-source ecosystem to support sustainable software development, grounded in open-source principles, and contribute regularly to community-based projects through code, time, or financial support to improve shared maintenance, reuse, and reduce duplication of effort.

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5.1 Have an ethical and sustainable product strategy

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5.2 Assign a sustainability advocate

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5.3 Inform, raise awareness, and train for sustainability

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