Open source as Europe’s strategic advantage: Linux Foundation report

The Linux Foundation’s latest report, released in collaboration with Canonical, suggests that European open source software (OSS) is at a turning point.

The majority of European businesses have incorporated open source software into their technical stacks, reporting benefits including higher productivity (63%) and higher quality software (75%).

Reported benefits of OSS to organizations

Advancing sovereign AI with open source

Critically, open source is increasingly viewed as the gateway to digital sovereignty – an issue of growing importance for business leaders and policymakers alike. In particular, sovereign AI has been a key focus area for many organizations. Open source has a critical role to play in this area: 89% of European organizations consider open source software as a critical approach to successfully developing sovereign AI.

Approaches to advancing sovereign AI

The state of open source software in Europe

We surveyed 316 organizations and interviewed experts from a broad range of industries to understand the state of open source in Europe: how open source is being used, what the key benefits and challenges are, and where the opportunities for investment and innovation lie.

Read the full report for deeper insights into:

• Why 56% believe the benefits of OSS either exceed or greatly exceed the costs
• How OSS is enabling digital sovereignty in Europe
• Why 38% believe open source AI and machine learning projects should be an investment priority
• The key limiting factors to organizations using and contributing to OSS