一句话：通过访谈 17 家公司，归纳企业参与 OSS 的四层动机与对应参与机制。
公司参与开源已成为常态，但现有理解仍基于个人贡献者维持项目的“旧世界”模型。本文研究混合 OSS 景观中公司为何以及如何参与。作者对来自 17 家不同规模公司（从微软、RedHat、Google、Spotify 到初创）的 20 名参与者（CEO、OSPO 负责人、生态战略师等）进行半结构化访谈。结果显示，公司动机可归为四个层次：创始人愿景、声誉、商业优势和互惠；参与机制包括开发者时间、指导时间、倡导与推广时间等，且不同机制与不同动机类型相关联。作者希望发现能促使更多公司参与 OSS 生态，使其稳健、多样且可持续。
Company engagement in open source (OSS) is now the new norm. From large technology companies to startups, companies are participating in the OSS ecosystem by open-sourcing their technology, sponsoring projects through funding or paid developer time. However, our understanding of the OSS ecosystem is rooted in the “old world” model where individual contributors sustain OSS projects. In this work, we create a more comprehensive understanding of the hybrid OSS landscape by investigating what motivates companies to contribute and how they contribute to OSS. We conducted interviews with 20 participants who have different roles (e.g., CEO, OSPO Lead, Ecosystem Strategist) at 17 different companies of different sizes from large companies (e.g. Microsoft, RedHat, Google, Spotify) to startups. Data from semi-structured interviews reveal that company motivations can be categorized into four levels (Founders' Vision, Reputation, Business Advantage, and Reciprocity) and companies participate through different mechanisms (e.g., Developers' Time, Mentoring Time, Advocacy & Promotion Time), each of which tie to the different types of motivations. We hope our findings nudge more companies to participate in the OSS ecosystem, helping make it robust, diverse, and sustainable.
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@inproceedings{abs-2303-08266,
title = {Rules of Engagement: Why and How Companies Participate in OSS},
author = {Mariam Guizani and Aileen Abril Castro-Guzman and Anita Sarma and Igor Steinmacher},
booktitle = {ICSE},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/icse48619.2023.00218}
}