中国的开源项目办公室 OSPO in China

OSPOinChina

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OpenSource@西门子202530th&31stofOctober2025

OpenSource

participant

OSPOevangelist

author/translator

founderof"TheWayof

OpenSource."

MyOSPOjourneyinlocal

2021co-found

GoinlocalOSPO

Opensourceasaninstitutionalinnovation

•Encompassingtechnology,engineering,organization,law,andculture

•FromGNUtoLinux,thentoAndroidandPyTorch

•Thecorporationisapivotalinventionofthemodernera，soopensourcetoo.

•Theunderlyinglogicsofthefirmandopensourcedifferprofoundly

•AnOSPOis,ineffect,thekeyinstitutionalbridgethatfusesthetwo

•Enablingeachsidetoachievetheother’sends

OSPOisinstitutionalbridge

•Nottechnologymanagement,butinstitutionaltranslation.

•Rebuildinsidethecompanyacompatibilitymechanismthatalignstrust,contract,andcommunitybehavior.

•Thefirm's"complianceregime.”

•The“institutionaldockingpoint”forenteringtheopen-sourceecosystem.

AnExplanatoryFramework

Asnon-endogenousinstitutionalchange

learn/imitate

evolve/deform

internalize/practice

OSPOInChinaOverview

•TODOGroupOSPOLandscape

•OSPOSummit2022〜2025Sponsoring/supportingorganizations

•OSPOcasespublishedbytheCloud&BigDataResearchInstituteofCAICT

•Education,ministries,universities/researchinstitutions,etc.

Learning,Importing,AndImitating

•Originatinginthelate1990s,gaining

momentumwiththesuccessesofprojectsandcommunitiesatcompanieslikeGoogle

•2017‒2019:codificationofexplicit

knowledge̶LF,TODOGroup,andGitHubpublishopen-sourceguides

•2021:beginstorecognizeorestablishOSPOs

•2022:LFAPACOSPOSIGislaunched

Internalizationandpractice

•Tryingtoembeditintotheexistingorganizationalstructure

•Mostplaceitunderthetechnicalcommittee(virtual)

•Placedwithinstandardsorecosystemteams

•Legalteamsspinoffpartofthework

•Helpswithhiring,underthebannerofDevRel

Failedorevolve

•Someevolveintoamarketingoutlet

•Someexistonlyaswindowdressing,spinningidly

•SomegetconflatedwithInnerSource

•Someturnintooperationsforspecificprojects

•Somebecomeasub-unitofanadministrativedepartment

•Someserveasaleverforrent-seeking

•Someperformnothingmorethancompliancechecks

IFSUCCESS，OSPO

•Deliverwin-winforboththeorganizationandthecommunity

•Putinplacesustainablegovernanceofthecommons

•Fuelinnovationandkick-startthenextwaveofeconomicgrowth

•Motivateemployeesandcommunitymemberstodevelopfreely

•Transcendtraditionalproductionmodels—Linux,Android,K8s

•Cutcostsandfostersocialharmony

Afirst-cutlookatwhythegapexists

•Opensourceistreatedasafinishedtechnologytobeconsumed,notcreated

•Nomentalmodelof“theopen-sourceworld”andnorespectforit

•DistrustandincomprehensionoftheGPLandofself-organizingcommunities

•Lacksabuilderʼsmindsetoraction̶contenttofree-ride

•Outdatedinternalmanagementsystemsclashw