INNER SOURCE LEADS OVER OPEN FIGURE 25 shows the response to our question regarding work SOURCE CONTRIBUTION time spent on contributions to projects both within the respon- As mentioned in the beginning of the report, many organiza- dent's own organizations and external to their organizations. tions are focusing on inner source efforts. Especially for large organizations, inner source presents an opportunity to reap We can see that 71% of individuals reported spending some many of the widely touted open source benefits—innovation, time on inner source contributions compared with 51% who time-to-market, reduced total cost of ownership—internally spent time on projects their companies have open sourced without the same level of scrutiny and process required to and 50% on third-party projects. It’s also notable that in release code externally. each case, there is a percentage of individuals for whom FIGURE 25 Work time spent on inner source and open source projects Do you spend any time at work Do you spend any time at work Do you spend any time at work contributing to projects that are contributing to externally distributed contributing to third-party open managed by other teams within open source projects that your source projects (i.e. those where your your organization (i.e. inner source employer founded, adopted or employer has no commercial projects)? (select one) sponsors? (select one) relationship)? (select one) No 24% 44% 45% Yes, a few 30% 17% 23% hours a month Yes, a few 22% 15% 10% hours a week Yes, a few 9% 13% 8% days a week Yes, as a full 10% 6% 9% time assignment Don't know 5% 6% 6% or not sure 2022 FINOS STATE OF OSS IN FINANCIAL 2022 FINOS STATE OF OSS IN FINANCIAL 2022 FINOS STATE OF OSS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES SURVEY, Q30, SAMPLE SIZE = 198 SERVICES SURVEY, Q31, SAMPLE SIZE = 198 SERVICES SURVEY, Q32, SAMPLE SIZE = 198 THE 2022 STATE OF OPEN SOURCE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES 33