# FOSS ecosystem at closed source companies

**URL:** <https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-ecosystem-at-closed-source-companies/6759>\
**Category:** Discussion\
**Created:** [31 October 2025 10:45 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-ecosystem-at-closed-source-companies/6759 "2025-10-31T10:45:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![hritik](https://forum.fossunited.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@hritik](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/hritik)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2025 10:45 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-ecosystem-at-closed-source-companies/6759/1 "2025-10-31T10:45:43Z")

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Hello,

FOSS contributions from closed source companies are either

1. company sponsored
2. personally sponsored (on weekends)

It would be interesting to know if you work at a company whose core business does **not** revolve around a specific opensource software and yet they manage to contribute.

Further, if you fall in category (2), how does your work-life balance look like ? How do you ensure to stay inline with your FOSS project given your irregular schedule ?

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**Author:** ![ansh](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/ansh/32/1423_2.png) [@ansh](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/ansh)\
**Post date:** [31 October 2025 10:49 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-ecosystem-at-closed-source-companies/6759/2 "2025-10-31T10:49:05Z")

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Hello! This might be interesting - [Notes from the "FOSS at organisations" BoF at IndiaFOSS 2025](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/notes-from-the-foss-at-organisations-bof-at-indiafoss-2025/6550)