open core licensing - why it sucks!

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Open Core Licensing Why it sucks!

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Open Core Licensing

Why it sucks!

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Understanding Open Core Model

❏Crippleware ❏Extensions / Plugins❏Contributions from Facebook, Google …

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Why Open Core is BAD?

❏Proprietary❏Open Core❏Free Software / Open Source

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How to Commercialize Free Software?

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Why do you want to Open Source?

❏Profit#18 “A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all”

❏Charity

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Price Equation

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There are Three models

❏Be Evil❏Don't Be Evil❏Be Good

“If Corporations Are People, They Should Act Like It”

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Choosing a License

1.AGPL2.GPLv3, GPLv23.LGPL4.Apache License 2.05.MIT License

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When to raise Venture Funding?

❏Project vs Product❏Accelerated growth❏Lead in your category❏Build a brand of Trust and Love

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Have a real business model

right now our monetization strategy mostly involves you giving us money “from an unknown

source”

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Questions..

@abperiasamy