The proliferation of Open Source Software (OSS) adoption and collaboration has surged within industry, resulting in its ubiquitous presence in commercial offerings and shared digital infrastructure. However, in the public sector, both awareness and adoption of OSS is still in its infancy due to a number of obstacles including regulatory, cultural, and capacity-related challenges. This special issue is a call for action, highlighting the necessity for both research and practice to narrow the gap, selectively transfer and adapt existing knowledge, as well as generate new knowledge to enable the public sector to fully harness the potential benefits OSS has to offer.

翻译：开源软件（OSS）在产业界的采用与协作呈现显著增长，现已广泛渗透于商业产品与共享数字基础设施中。然而在公共领域，受规制、文化及能力建设等多重障碍制约，开源软件的意识普及与落地应用仍处于萌芽阶段。本特刊旨在发起行动号召，强调亟需通过研究与实践双轨并进，缩小鸿沟，选择性迁移并调适现有知识体系，同时构建新知识图谱，以助力公共领域充分释放开源软件的潜在价值。