Defining Open Source First

We belive that all development

Three levels of “Open Source”

Open Source

Incubator

InnerSource (Not shared with the world)

PayPal’s path to InnerSource involved a series of large-scale corporate decisions that included a conscious shift in tools and corporate culture. Through InnerSource, the company not only achieved faster development and better quality, but also created an environment of cross-team cooperation that encouraged programmers to contribute to any of PayPal’s development projects.

Justification Of The Choices Made

  • We belive the benefits for doing Open Source are substantional.

The Other Alternatives That Were Not Chosen

  • Closed development

Further Reading