Wieland, ThomasDadam, PeterReichert, Manfred2019-10-112019-10-1120043-88579-380-6https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/28685Knowledge management typically focuses on communicating and spreading information and knowledge within a company. It is usually limited to technology or business information in spoken or written form. The representatives often overlook, however, that the code of software programs is also a perfect medium for denoting and communicating knowledge. In this paper, we want to show the benefits and problems that are related to a free exchange of code within a corporation. Applying experiences and best practices of the public open source software community to corporate communities leads to several preconditions that are essential for the success of this approach. Even a substantial change of the company's culture may be connected with the introduction of corporate open source.enText/Conference Paper1617-5468