5.26 Use open source where possible

Business Strategy And Product Management

Produce a policy around open collaboration and contribution to creating and sustaining open source projects.

Criteria

• Open source policy:
  Establish a clear open source policy that outlines how open-source tools are used and any practices used to support open-source development.Related Resources
  • Can OSSPledge Fix Open Source Sustainability?
  • Choose an open source license
  • Creative Commons License
  • The economic and environmental sustainability of digital commons
  • The Environmental Cost of Digital Domination and Open Source Alternatives
  • Fair-code
  • GitLab Open Source Policy
  • Open Source Contracting
  • Open-Source is Just That
  • Open Source Pledge
  • Open Source Policy Examples and Templates
  • ‘Source available’ is not open source (and that’s okay)
  • The fate of small open source
  • The Open Source Sustainability Crisis
  • The sustainability of open source commons
  • We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund
  • What Is Open Source Sustainability?
  • Writing an Open Source Policy
• Collaboration:
  Show a track record of collaboration and building communities around open-source principles.Related Resources
  • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.8 – Strategy (Open Source)
  • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 2.9 – Specifications (Off-The-Shelf Components)
  • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 2.10 – Specifications (Third-Party Services)
  • GR491 – 2-7034 – Open Source Availability
  • GR491 – 3-5018 – Open Source API
  • GR491 – 3-5022 – Open Source Alternative
  • How To Achieve Effective Open Source Collaboration
  • Movement for an open web
  • The open source way
  • Todo: Open Source Community
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 4 – Education
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 8 – Economics & Work
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 9 – Infrastructure
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 12 – Consumption & Production
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 17 – Global Partnership
• Contribution:
  Contribute regularly in terms of code, human-time, and/or financially, to open-source community-based projects.Related Resources
  • FreeCodeCamp: How to Contribute to Open Source
  • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.8 – Strategy (Open Source)
  • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 2.9 – Specifications (Off-The-Shelf Components)
  • GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 2.10 – Specifications (Third-Party Services)
  • GR491 – 2-7034 – Open Source Availability
  • GR491 – 3-5018 – Open Source API
  • GR491 – 3-5022 – Open Source Alternative
  • How to Contribute to an Open Source Project
  • How to Contribute to Open Source
  • How to Contribute to Open Source Projects: A Beginner’s Guide
  • Open Source Employee Handbook
  • The open source way
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 4 – Education
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 8 – Economics & Work
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 9 – Infrastructure
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 12 – Consumption & Production
  • United Nations SDGS – Goal 17 – Global Partnership
  • Why we trust strangers open source more than our colleagues

Benefits

• Economic
  Using open-source tools can significantly reduce development time when managed properly.
• Social Equity
  Supporting collaboration and building communities around open-source practices engenders trust and helps to reduce inequalities.

GRI

• Materials: Medium
• Energy: Medium
• Water: Medium
• Emissions: Medium

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