governance

This is the first blog post in a series about OSPOs. An Open Source Program Office, aka OSPO, is the accepted name given to a designated group within an organisation that manages the use of open source software (OSS). Whether it is a dedicated team or a virtual team, the...

In the flourishing garden of modern technology, open source software has become ubiquitous, finding its way into every corner of an organisation. However, managing and leveraging open source within an organisation requires not just participation, but also strong governance. Enter the Open Source Program Office (OSPO), the dedicated hub for...

The Eclipse Foundation Development Process (AKA, the Eclipse Development Process or EDP) says nothing about how teams should organize. The EDP defines a committer role: committers are those developers who have the ability to make decisions for the project (e.g., push commits to project Git repositories and configure build servers)...