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OUR COMMITMENT TO OPEN SOURCE IS BUILT WITH YOU!
For 15 years, this adventure has enabled the company not only to use open source software, but also to actively contribute to its evolution. From the integration of open source software into our Java and JEE platforms 15 years ago, to our adoption of Jenkins in 2010 for continuous integration, our journey has been marked by significant contributions, including several open source plugins still in use today.
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Our 3 main open source activities at Michelin
CREATE
This involves open sourcing proprietary software and its full lifecycle, both internally and externally. Michelin is now willing to create open source software and it's a strong inflection in this area.
CONSUME
Using third-party open source software in Michelin’s technology stack. We're more than ever committed to use open source software and we already have an open source review board. It mainly ensures that when using an open source software, we check the license.
CONTRIBUTE
Contributing to existing third-party open source projects. These contributions happened several times in the past and we do have a legal framework we can use. It covers the license under which we contribute, which legal company is contributing, the individual who contributes and the intellectual property management. We would like to encourage our teams to contribute on open source projects: it's a way for Michelin to give back to the OSS community after years of consuming the value it produced.
There is a rationale behind our open source adoption and promotion:
TALENT ACQUISITION AND RETENTION
By showcasing how Michelin creates innovative technologies that solve technical problems, we can further learn and grow our technical expertise, cultivate Michelin’s reputation and gain influence within the community. In turn, this leads to greater talent acquisition and retention. Likewise, recruiting benefits from a pool of external talents with existing knowledge of the open source software already used in our technology stack.
ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
We recognize (for a long a time now) that it is more cost-effective to thoughtfully use or customize existing open source software than to build our own solutions to compete with an already successful open source community. Furthermore, this economic equation also exists for Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS): in some cases, adopting an open source software is competitive compared to commercial offers. Over the long term, leveraging existing software accelerates development, allows shared development, and optimizes R&D.
SUSTAIN THE OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY
We benefited by contributing and giving back.
Memberships
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Project & News
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