About the Foundation for Public Code

Collaboration on codebases and components at scale

This resource

Contents

  1. Diagram
  2. Points to get across

Diagram

graphical representation of a codebase with a large set of contributors

Points to get across

  • Multiple organizations can share the same component
  • Multiple organizations can have components based on the same codebase
  • Multiple organizations can contribute to, and improve on, the same codebase
  • Any organization can change their own components without affecting the codebase or another organization’s components
  • Changes to components can later be contributed back to the original codebase
  • These organizations can include public organizations, private sector companies and individual contributors
  • Open source is the way to enable collaborating at scale with the least friction