How Development and Collaboration is Done in Public Sector Open Source Software Projects

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Study of six public‑sector OSS cases across countries finds development concentrated in core teams below about 10–15 developers, work pushed to GitHub/GitLab, and funding split between centralized sponsors (one or few agencies) and decentralized municipal pools. Examples include EnergyPlus, Oscari, Geotrek and the Italian Pagopa IO app. Sustainability often needs roughly 30–40 adopting municipalities or a stewarding body; heavy reliance on national vendors/consultants creates procurement and lock‑in risks that must be managed.

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1. 0:00Public sector open source intro
2. 1:05Empirical study on public sector OSS
3. 3:59Development structure and collaboration
4. 6:55External resources and sustainability
5. 9:02Procurement complexities
6. 11:34Governance models and challenges
7. 14:43User vs developer communities
8. 16:07Funding and sustainability strategies
9. 19:02Success stories and public value
10. 21:49Public sector not benefiting
11. 22:53Procurement directive revision
12. 26:34Procurement cost and criteria
13. 27:37Soft value propositions in policy
14. 29:01Procurement decision challenges
15. 30:24Engaging community in policy
16. 31:08Interoperable Europe Act obligations
17. 35:02Procurement culture and risk
18. 36:27Co-creation in public sector
19. 37:58Policy approaches by country
20. 39:00Cross-border collaboration barriers
21. 40:27X-Road and stewardship
22. 41:30Final remarks and barriers

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