“We believe that the greater benefit for the industry is to push new technology and make it easier to adopt,” explains Jonas Birmé, VP of research and development. In a sea of paid-for software, why do companies release their code for free?Įyevinn Technology is a Swedish independent video streaming consultancy that makes many of its test tools available on its open source repository on GitHub.

These examples have wide applicability to many industries, but we are fortunate to have a wealth of broadcast-focused open source projects that, although very niche, are used by broadcasters, streaming providers and vendors alike.

Many operating systems are open source and in the media space, open source programmes like FFmpeg, GStreamer and VLC are widely used by end users as well as under the hood of commercial products. Coined in 1998, the term refers to any software for which the source code is made available to anyone to use under licence.

Open source software is an invisible foundation of the modern world.

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