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LF Research research report “Japan Spotlight 2023: Open source trends, challenges, and opportunities in Japan” released
Announcement will be made at Open Source Summit Japan 2023, a large-scale conference that brings together open source ecosystems from around the world in Japan, starting today.
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2023 LF Research conducted a global survey on open source trends. This time, a research report focusing on the open source situation in Japan, “Japan Spotlight 2023: Open source trends, challenges, and opportunities in Japan,” was released. The Japanese version will be released at the same time as the English version, and the full text can be downloaded.
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 itself was still relatively unknown, and I remember that when I visited various companies in Japan, I often had to talk about the very basics of ``What is OSS?'' At the time, we never imagined that OSS would become the critical driver of business success that it is today, and that the Linux Foundation would host so many projects across a wide range of fields. Since then, the Linux Foundation, home to Linux kernel founder Linus Torvalds, has provided a safe and neutral home for Linux/OSS development. He has successfully managed hundreds of OSS projects using his expertise in open collaboration and open governance. As the person in charge of Japan, I have a strong belief in OSS, and have been involved in educational activities to promote these core businesses, as well as all kinds of support for Japanese companies to participate in global OSS activities.
As revealed in this report, today a large number of Japanese companies use OSS to conduct business and participate in OSS development as members of the global OSS development community. The formation of this foundation has been deeply influenced by the tremendous support of NEC, Hitachi, and Fujitsu, who have been with us since the
organization's inception as Platinum members, the highest-ranking members of the Linux Foundation. Masu. Japan's OSS industry was nurtured on the soil cultivated by the strong leadership of these three companies. From this soil, various activities on a global scale have sprouted that originated in Japan.
Led by Toyota Motor Corporation, Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) was born to transform software development in the automotive industry. In the information appliances industry, such as Sony and Panasonic, there is a need to deepen understanding of OSS license compliance and exchange information with companies and developers in Asian countries who are upstream in the supply chain, and the annual event ){kind=spacer}
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