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title: "Survey Report: Challenges Facing Open Source Software in the Automotive Ecosystem"
description: This report outlines the key obstacles automotive companies and technology professionals encounter when adopting OSS for SDV development, and where they turn to foundations for support.
image: https://outreach.eclipse.foundation/hubfs/Challenges%20facing%20automotive%20open%20source.png
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# Challenges Facing Open Source Software in the Automotive Ecosystem

#### Insights From a Survey of 300 Global Automotive Decision Makers & Software Professionals. 

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## The use of open source software (OSS) in software-defined vehicle (SDV) development delivers significant advantages, but it also presents new challenges for software professionals and decision makers.

While these challenges are not new, they are manageable. This report outlines the key obstacles automotive companies and technology professionals encounter when adopting OSS for SDV development, and where they turn to foundations for support.

 

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