Hey @opensource, I'd like to share a bit about #InnerSource, it is the practice of adopting the open source practices and cultures for in-house software development and software-like projects.

If you are interested, there is a ton of material gathered by the community at https://innersourcecommons.org/

I'm currently working with this topic and I could not see a lot about in in the #Fediverse yet.

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[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And contributions to codebases that have developed with the goal of meeting the team's own needs, and who similarly don't have the time or space to refactor or review as needed to enable effective contributions.

Enabling Innersource will be a priority for management for only two weeks, anyway, before they focus on something else. And if it even makes it into measurable goals, it will probably be gamed so it doesn't ruin bonuses.

Do you also work for $GenericMultinationalCompany, per-chance? Do you also know $BillFromFinance?

[–] dellagustin@fosstodon.org 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

@jbloggs777 @CapriciousDay Those problems are real for sure, but on the other hand, we also have open source enthusiasts working on such companies, and having InnerSource as a well defined practice in the industry could give them at least some "ammunition" to bring the open source culture and practices to their organization.

[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think the issue is that whatever "empowering" process you try to convince executives of, they will inevitably implement the form of it which gives them the most power which usually means overhead for development teams. Unfortunately it's one of these things where if you really want to empower developers, you have to give them ownership. Not metaphorical ownership, but literal ownership of the company.

[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'll just say: I don't know what it is they teach in MBAs but whatever it is, it clearly has no bearing on critically understanding business line processes.