Chapter 8 CHAPTER EIGHT Inner Source an Interview with Auke Jilderda It has always amazed us that some of the largest, most successful open source projects like Linux, Firefox, and Apache release high-quality software under condi- tions that would cause most teams to crash and burn. They have large (sometimes huge) teams that are distributed all over the world and that rely on a lot of the work to be done by unpaid or undercompensated volunteers: programmers, testers, and other team members. That's why we wanted to talk to Auke Jilderda, who's had a lot of success studying how those open source teams work and applying their les- sons to corporate projects. 103