Inbound Defined
Inbound FOSS is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin: any free and open source software that people are bringing into your organization to use in any sort of business operations. This could be software libraries, databases, or key pieces of software infrastructure that enable your software development teams to build and deploy solutions for your customers or to support other teams. It also could be user applications that are used in day-to-day business operations, such as browsers, email clients, media editing software, operating systems, or any other user-facing tools. If it’s FOSS, it’s used inside your company, and it’s developed by external parties, then it’s inbound FOSS.
You’ll often see inbound FOSS management referred ...
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