Open Source is Good for both Business and Humanity

Jonas RoslandCommunity ManagerEMC {code}

History of OSSGenesisWhere it led usDefinitions

Agenda

Create OSSGet startedCommunity

The resultsFor BusinessFor HumanityThe Future

History of OSSGiving away things for free

The UNIVAC A-2 system was released to customers in 1953 with its source code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Museum,_Boston

In the early 1970s AT&T distributed early versions of UNIX at no cost to government and academic researchers

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/DEC_VT100_terminal.jpg

In 1983, Richard Stallman published the GNU Manifesto and launched the GNU Project

http://www.gnu.org/graphics/gerwinski-gnu-head.pnghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GPLv3_Logo.svg

“Hello everybody out there using minix -

I'm doing a (free) operating system

(just a hobby, won't be big and professional

like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.”- Linus Torvalds, August 1991

PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT portable

(uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-

harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

- Linus Torvalds, August 1991

The Apache HTTP Server is released 1995

http://www.apache.org/foundation/press/kit/feather.png

In 1997, Eric Raymond published The Cathedral and the Bazaar, a reflective analysis of the hacker community and free-software principles

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7276/7001927337_804103d705_k.jpg

Now here’s where it gets interesting

OSS DefinitionGather around a common goal

On January 22, 1998, Netscape announces that they will give away their Navigator browser and it's source code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator

The “open source” label was created at a strategy session held on February 3rd, 1998 in Palo Alto, California

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7276/7001927337_804103d705_k.jpg

On February 23rd, Netscape created the Mozilla project to coordinate the development of their now Open Source software

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla

In 1997, Eric Raymond published The Cathedral and the Bazaar, a reflective analysis of the hacker community and free-software principles

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7276/7001927337_804103d705_k.jpg

• Freely accessed, used,changed and shared

• Open collaboration• No vendor lock-in• No discrimination• Can be used for commercial purposes!

More details here: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated

Open Source definition

https://octodex.github.com/foundingfather_v2

Who creates Open Source software?

Patents and OSS can co-exist, but needs commitment to survive

• Microsoft Patent Promises and Patents• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecifications/dn750984

• Google Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge• https://www.google.com/patents/opnpledge/pledge/

• Tesla Patent Pledge• https://www.teslamotors.com/about/legal#patent-pledge

What about patents?

So how do you getstarted with OSS?

• Have an idea and share it with others• Choose a license• Start work and publish it• Invite the community and grow with it

• Experiment!

Open Source checklist

https://octodex.github.com/labtocat

http://choosealicense.com/

• Collaboration is key• No one is an expert on everything

• More people means more ideas• Not all are good!

• Two-way communication• Ask your community what works• Ask for new features• Communicate plans early

You need the community

https://octodex.github.com/collabocats

We also need, among other things:

• Designers• Writers• Marketing• Community managers• Bloggers• Mentors

But it’s not all just code

https://octodex.github.com/codercat, https://octodex.github.com/femalecodertocathttps://octodex.github.com/filmtocat, https://octodex.github.com/Professortocat_v2

https://octodex.github.com/shoptocat

The resultsYou’re using Open Source things daily!

The Open Source movement has paved the way formodern software and hardware:

• The Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack• OpenSSL• BIND, the DNS server that powers the Internet• Android devices• Arduino and the Internet of Things• Docker

Open Source has made this possible

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Android_robot.svg/654px-Android_robot.svg.png, http://blog.learningtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dns_bind-190x190.png, http://dustinmeredith.ca/wp-

content/uploads/2015/06/lamp-stack2.jpg, http://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/a000066

• Highly available cloud resources• Cheap hardware• Automation tools• Short, iterative development cycles• Massive amounts of ready-to-run code

Thanks to Open Source we now have

https://thenewkingmakers.com/

• Global collaboration• Accelerates innovation• Little to no financial resources needed• Freedom of choice

• Nothing to hide• Bug-fixes• Features• Security

Enabling us to move fast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall–Peters_projection

• Secure communications world-wide

• Self-driving cars

• Retrieving images from the surface of Mars

• Posting pictures on Facebook

To create life-changing opportunities

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02406

The Future

• Enables everyone to• Collaborate• Be a part of the technological revolution

• Breaks down barriers• Geographical• Financial• Social

Open Source Software and Hardware

http://www.inspiredlegacies.com/collaborate/

Keep innovating.

Summary

1953 to now - it all startedby sharing code

https://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/6731974561

Join us in sharing knowledge!

emccode.com/community

Thank you!