Open Source | LinkedIn Engineering

We actively contribute to the open source community by creating, managing and using open source software

Our engineering team has open sourced more than 75 projects spanning many categories, including data, frameworks, system operations, testing and mobile. We believe that open sourcing projects makes our engineers better at what they do best. Engineers grow in their craft by having their work shared with the entire community. Several of our open source projects have gained broad adoption and are now part of the Apache Software Foundation.

Open source at LinkedIn

To Open Source or Not to Open Source

Open sourced software is no longer restricted to addressing small, low-level problems and for companies that can’t afford to built it themselves. Today it is backed by a mature community that creates and adopts it on behalf of some of the world’s biggest technology companies. Why the shift? Why should companies focus some of their efforts on open source? Why open source?

The Business Benefits of Open Sourcing

Many of the business benefits of using open source software are well known – cost, flexibility, interoperability and support. But what’s less discussed is why companies choose to take software their employees have developed on behalf of the company and make it free for anyone else to use.

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