The Challenges of Public Code - Building an Open Source Culture at the BBC - Tom Sadler & David Buckhurst, BBC

This talk looks at how corporate and team culture, and organisational structure, impact open source activities at the BBC. We will share our wins and losses in the open source space, and how the culture and organisation has helped or hindered open source. Much of BBC open source is driven by grassroots individuals and teams, rather than through an Open Source Programme Office, which has had benefits and drawbacks. As a publicly funded corporation, the motivations for engaging with open source can be a little different than other organisations, which we will explore. Finally, we will deep dive into the current state of play of open source and InnerSource projects at the BBC, how they are being managed, and what our next steps and future ambitions are.