Results from a first of its kind European automotive study by BearingPoint (sponsored by Black Duck), reveals broad use of free and open source software (FOSS) in the automotive industry.

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FOSS Management Study:
Use of Open Source
in Automotive
5% − Other
10% − Higher quality
10% − Developer request
15% − Better features
20% − Non-permitted incident
25% − Customer request
30% − No alternative
45% − Avoid dependency
45% − Easy customization
55% − Cheaper
60% − Focus resources
Why are you using
open source
components in
your products?
Why are you
contributing to
open source
projects?
57.1%
Create
Standard
42.9%
Knowledge
sharing
28.6%
Create
viable
alternative
28.6%
Avoid local
diverging
version
14.3%
Customer
request
Do you have a policy
or documented process
in place for:
Starting a FOSS project2.9%
Leading FOSS projects5.9%
Contributing to FOSS projects8.8%
Auditing suppliers11.8%
Selecting FOSS components14.7%
17.6% Deploying FOSS components
Screening supplier components20.6%
Selecting third-party components52.9%
Managing requirements70.6%
Developing
software
88.2%
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How do you ensure compliance
with the defined process?
Random
project
audits
Automation
& control
tools
Process
workflow
engines
No check Other
11.8% 2.9%26.5%38.2%64.7%
Bug tracking
94.1%
Software configuration
management
91.2%
Requirements
management
67.6%
Open source compliance
management
2.9%
Which tools are you
using in software
development?
85%Use FOSS
2.9%Have Open Source
compliance tools
2.9%Have Open Source
compliance tools
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