froscon: the business value of open source

The Business Value Of Open Source

FrOSCon, St Augustin, August 22, 2015

Simon Phipps, [email protected] · Supported by http://wipro.com

Is Open Source Still Relevant

Now The Battle Against Microsoft

Is Over?

Question!

That was never the battle.

Open Source has changed

From Dangerous

1998 2015

to Default

78% of businesses

operating with open source

Source: The Future of Open Source survey 2015

55% say open source

more secure

than proprietary


88% will contribute

to open source in thenext three years


Open Source Is Now

Everywhere

Relevant?

Hell yes!

Origins

Use

Study

Improve

Share

Open Source Definition

1. Free Redistribution

2. Source Code Available

3. Derived Works Allowed

4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code

5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups

6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Use

7. Redistribution Maintains All Rights

8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product

9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software

10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral

Permissionless

Flexibility

New Technologies Only Possible

With Open Source

Cloud Computing

PermissionlessCloud Scaling

Flexibility

Internet Of Things

PermissionlessDevice

Firmware

Use

Study

Improve

Share

USE

Prototype-led

Fail early

Change readily

USESTUDY

Hire experts freely

In-house expertise at any level

Understand product intimately

USESTUDY

IMPROVE

Rich Marketplace

No barriers to innovation

Built-in escrow

USESTUDY

IMPROVESHARE

Deploy without barriers

Partner ecosystems

Citizen and customer usage

The First Derivative Of Software Freedom

Business Value Is

The Business Value of Open Source

● Re-empowers the CxO — control returned ○ over long-term budget○ of overall architecture

● Energises the developer — flexibility means○ more options from more sources○ in control of architecture

● Both benefit from suppliers committed to your software freedom

Principles

● Flexibility is the origin of the values of open source

● A community-enabling ethic is the origin of that flexibility

● Both depend on and create environments where permission is granted in advance

Focus on flexibility & you'll make

savings too

But focus on savings & your

vendors will keep you trapped

If we didn't know betterwe would pay extra

for open source software

A Note About Community

Guarantees for collaborationarise from

permission in advancegranted by

open source licenses

Open source licensesare the

multilateral consensusof the

permissions and normsfor a

community

Software freedom remains the key to our future:

● Origin of business value● Origin of freedom to innovate● Basis of trust in a meshed society● Essential context for any community

Summary:

Brief History of OSI

● Licensing○ Software Freedom○ Open Source Definition○ License Review

● Best Practice○ Community Building○ Practical Benefits○ Adoption

Incubator Process

From Board ...

… to Community

Incubator Process

1. Propose a new activity

2. Get a green light3. Build deliverable

by agreed date4. Gain Board

approval for deliverable

Proposal Content

● What is the deliverable?

● Who will create deliverable?

● What OSI resources will that take?

● When will you make the delivery?

Deliverable Content

● The thing you are creating

● The costed plan to sustain it

Becomes permanent part of OSI

Summary

● Software freedom is the key to open source value

● Software freedom delivers permission for community through OSI-approved licenses

● OSI has transformed to support community as well as licenses

Thank You!

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This presentation is the opinion of the presenter. It is not intended to offer legal advice, nor does it necessarily represent the views of any entity, including Wipro Ltd and its clients.

© 2015 Wipro Ltd & 2008-15 Simon Phipps · Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Unported v3.0

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