Among the various global industries included here, financial services, government, healthcare, and retail all saw an increased upstream contribution to open source projects from 2019 to 2020. However, the technology industry, either software or IT, still maintains the highest percentage for sometimes or frequently contributing to open source in 2020, with 57 percent.
Open source contribution within companies worldwide in 2020, by industry
respondents working at an organization with an open source program or initiative
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "How often does your company contribute code upstream?
* Industries: education (n=42), manufacturing and raw materials (n=26), transportation and automotive (n=31), government (n=25), healthcare (n=31), retail (n=18), financial services (n=49), telecom, communications or media (n=62), technology (software or IT) (n=265)
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