The OpenChain Industry Survey 2022
Welcome! This survey covers a big topic: the global status of corporate engagement and management of open source. We are considering this from a “strategy” perspective rather than a “development” perspective. Our goal is to help inform project, product and supply chain decisions in the year ahead.

This survey is licensed under CC-0 so feel free to take it as the basis for your own surveys in the future.

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Where are you based? *
How big is your organization? *
How many software staff are in your organization? *
Is your organization publicly traded (NYSE, LSE, SHCOMP etc.)? *
Is your organization focused on the national or international market? *
Does your organization have a documented strategy regarding open source? *
Has your organization changed its strategy on open source over time? *
Why does your organization think open source is vital or useful? *
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Why does your organization think open source is problematic? *
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How do you use open source? *
If you use open source internally, how do you use it? *
If you use open source externally, how do you use it? *
Do you have dedicated personnel for open source strategy and management? *
If you have an OSPO, does it have a budget? *
If you have a virtual OSPO (part-time), does it have a budget? *
If you have no OSPO but personnel are doing open source strategy and management, is this essentially a volunteer activity? *
How many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) resources are assigned to open source strategy? *
How do you choose open source for use in your organization? *
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Has your organization changed its criteria for using open source over time? *
Do you have a documented open source policy for everyone in the organization to follow? *
What are your main criteria for allowing open source code to be used? *
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Does your organization contribute back to open source projects? *
Does your organization create new open source projects? *
Has your organization changed its position on creating new open source projects over time? *
How do you address open source license compliance? *
How do you address open source export-control? *
How do you address open source security? *
Do you use open source tooling (automation) for license compliance, export-control or security? *
How often do you check for license compliance issues? *
How often do you check for export-control issues? *
How often do you check for security issues? *
Do you use open source engagement / maturity as a criteria in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)? *
Could a lack of open source engagement / maturity be a blocker in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)? *
Are you aware of the OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020 standard for open source license compliance? *
Are you aware of the SPDX ISO/IEC 5962:2021 standard for software bill of materials? *
Do you use the OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020 standard for open source license compliance? *
Do you use the SPDX ISO/IEC 5962:2021 standard for software bill of materials? *
Do you use other formal International Standards (like ISO) for open source management? *
Do you use other de-facto industry standards (like CycloneDX) for open source management? *
Do you have membership in organizations promoting collaboration around open source projects? *
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Has open source engagement improved your relationship with suppliers? *
Has open source engagement improved your relationship with customers? *
Has open source engagement improved your relationship with competitors? *
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