1、Marco Gerosa,PhD,Northern Arizona UniversityAdrienn Lawson,The Linux FoundationForeword by Jon Seager,CanonicalOctober 2025The State of Global Open Source 2025The strategic evolution from a cost-saving tool to mission-critical infrastructureThe State of Global Open Source 2025Copyright 2025 The Linu

2、x Foundation|October 2025.This report is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License.ContentsForeword.4Executive summary.5Introduction.6Widespread adoption,inconsistent management.6Support requirements reflect open sources mission-critical status.11

3、Security practices require further strengthening.14Business value of active open source engagement.18Organizational investment priorities and barriers.22Conclusion.24Methodology.25References.29Resources.30About the authors.33Acknowledgments.33Appendix.34ForewordIve been using open source software fo

4、r well over a decade now,and its easy to take for granted the number of high-quality,accessible,and powerful tools that we have at our disposal.It can be hard to remember that for the longest time,there were thousands of businesses and millions of people who had no idea that it existed or that it ha

5、d the power to completely transform the way their systems and businesses work.Thankfully,that seems to have changed.Were excited to be collaborating with the team at The Linux Foundation this year on this report,which closely examines the world of open source software to reveal some exciting trends

6、and shifts in the wider landscape.Namely:that open source hasnt just taken root,but is in full bloom as a mission-crit-ical part of business.This years research has gone beyond measuring open source adoption to look at why its working,the results enterprises are seeing,and how theyre thinking about