Ask HN: How do I convince a company to participate in Open Source?

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I have been asked to give a proposal to my friend's company for why they should participate in Open Source. They use a lot of open source, but I think their current policies do not allow employees to contribute code or time. I am looking for concrete reasons such as proof it is more secure, help from outside developers finding bugs, Return on Investment, etc.

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the only strong case i've heard for that is that contributing code will boost your reputation and thus improve sales. but i think that only works well if you sponsor an entire project or if you're a custom software shop looking for clients.

Thank you. I guess it could also improve their reputation to be able to hire developers

Put another way "street cred".

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