Comparison of open source maturity models

Component based development was formerly dependent on propriety/closed source software's (CSS) components. Open Source software components has attracted noteworthy attention and become an operational alternative of proprietary software because of OSS security, cost effectiveness, quality, flexibility and freedom. Due to the increased attention on component-based development in the past decades, companies have widely adopted open source software (OSS), with the view that using the right software is critical to project success. The availability of Internet as a marketplace for components and wide adoption of OSS has introduced new challenges for selection of software components. Source Forge, other general and domain specific software repositories, different software foundations and individual OSS providers offer an abundance of OSS components. Identification, evaluation and selection of best possible OSS Components for the required need is a quite challenging job. As a reaction to these challenges different methods have been proposed for OSS maturity measurements. E.g. Capgemini-Open Source Maturity Model(C-OSSM), Navicasoft-Open Source Maturity Model (N-OSSM), Qualification and Selection of Open Source (QSOS), Open Business Readiness Rating (Open BRR) and Easiest Open Source (E-OSS).In this paper we compare different Open Source software maturity models available in the market that will help user in OSS component selection.