{
  "reviewed": "2026-10-28",
  "reported_benefits": {
    "source": "https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/Research%20Reports/2025%20Open%20Source%20ROI%20Survey%204.24.26.pdf?hsLang=en",
    "survey_year": 2025,
    "respondents_per_question": 252,
    "denominator": "All responses, including don\u2019t know",
    "method": "Sum positive categories from rounded percentages in tables A16, A18, A19",
    "data": [
      {
        "outcome": "Faster product development",
        "percent": 66
      },
      {
        "outcome": "Faster security / bug responses",
        "percent": 55
      },
      {
        "outcome": "Easier hiring & retention",
        "percent": 55
      }
    ],
    "limitation": "Self-reported association, not causation; not Buildly results"
  },
  "contribution_value": {
    "source": "https://opensourcefundingsurvey2024.com/",
    "report_year": 2024,
    "organizations_with_positive_support": 159,
    "data": [
      {
        "type": "Employee labor",
        "percent": 86
      },
      {
        "type": "Financial support",
        "percent": 14
      }
    ],
    "method": "Reported labor share; financial share calculated as 100 minus 86",
    "limitation": "Estimated contribution value, not number of contributors; nonrepresentative survey"
  }
}