UT-OSPO Participation Pathway
Level 1: Using
Researchers use appropriate open source software tools.
Level 2: Contributing
Research teams have a deeper understanding of an external software community, participate in identifying bugs, and asking for new features.
Level 3: Sharing
Software from a team is made available using an open source license and on an open platform facilitating collaboration (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, etc).
Level 4: Accepting
An open source project receives contributions from outside the founding researchers.
Level 5: Advancing Ecosystems (upstream/downstream)
- An open source project is part of a larger ecosystem of related projects with up and downstream dependencies.
- Project members contribute and mentor in upstream and downstream projects.
Participation Pathway Poster
Download a visual representation of the pathway levels.
UT resources
Discovery to Impact
Are you a UT researcher, staff member, or student with an idea or technology you think has potential? You’ve come to the right place. Discovery to Impact can help.
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Open Source community websites
US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI)
URSSI's mission is to improve the recognition , development, and use , of software for a more sustainable research enterprise.
FOSS Foundation Directory
Free and open-source software (FOSS)
Welcome to the FOSS Foundations Metadata directory! We are eager to collaborate with academic researchers and open source practitioners alike on curating rich metadata about the many excellent non-profit Foundations that either host or help open source projects succeed.
