Download - Open Source is good for you
Open Sourceis good for you
Dirk Haun, ACCU 2012
We needsoftware
that does X ...
write it yourself ...
buy /licence
Open Source
Stopreinventingthe wheel!
less vendor dependency
lower cost
better customization
better security
no advantage
0 10 20 30 40 50
14%
3%
17%
22%
44%
www.computereconomics.com, "not a scientific sample"
Benefits of Open Source?
Youcould benefit
fromother people's
work*
* by following somesimple rules
Let's talk about ... Licences
proprietory Open Source
copyleft permissive
GPL proprietoryOS licences
LGPLBSD,
Apache,etc.
look for an OSI-approved licence&
avoid anything with "GPL" (for now)
•Start with something small•Pick an OSI-approved licence•Avoid the GPL (for now)
@dirkhaun
Credits
Presentation: Dirk Haun,Tag cloud made with Wordle, based on a list from OSS Watch
Photos via Flickr, in order of appearance:
"Sweet Summer Rainbow Fruit Salad" by D. Sharon Pruitt,"Black Sheep vs White Sheep" by Leon Riskin,"01 (227)" by Victor1558,"Typing" by Sebastien Wiertz,"£50" by Images Money,"return undefined;" by nyuhuhuu,"the shoe wheel bike" by emerson12,"I want you to be an Open Source Developer" by Lenz Grimmer,"Condoms" by Robert Elyov,"thumbs up" by anthony kelly,"Thank you" by Margherita J. L. Lisoni
