practical economic engagement with free and open source software
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Practical Economic Engagement with Free and Open Source Software
By Shane Martin Coughlan
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About Me
Owner of Opendawn Consulting
Asia Representative of OpenForum Europe
Founder of FSFE's Legal Department and the European Legal Network
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Realizing Potential
What is Free and Open Source Software worth?
How can I be part of its value?
How can I maximize my return?
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Value World-Wide
50 Billion USD market by 2011
Figures from Linux Foundation
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Why?
Free and Open Source Software is flexible
Everyone can work off shared platforms
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Source Code != Freedom
What can we do with the code?
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Proprietary Code
Use
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Free and Open Source Software
Use, study, share and improve
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Potential powered by Licenses
The licenses grant freedom and flexibility
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Four Types Of License
Permissive
Weak Copyleft
Strong Copyleft
Network Copyleft
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Turn Potential Into Value
Understand the proposition behind each license
Select licenses that suit your market
Maximize third-party engagement
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Have An Open Perspective
You get third-party code
You contribute code
Everyone gets value
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Be Realistic
Working with third parties means sharing
You share code, you share risk
You don't get value for nothing
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Be Sensible
Use popular licences
Use compatible licences
Work with established projects
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Learn From Your Suppliers
Go buy something
Read your supplier's contract
Ask them why they put terms in
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Develop Processes
Remember the value proposition of FOSS
Adapt your internal processes to harness it
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Working With The Community
Follow the licenses and contracts
Contribute code back to projects
Support the development of new code
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Resolve Issues By Talking
Have a way to listen
Have a way to check for problems
Have a way to resolve problems
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Think Differently
Your competitors are fellow stakeholders
Your customers might become your suppliers
You can work openly with people
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Three Steps To Success
Keep it simple
Share-alike
Play fair
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Summary
We all gain by sharing
There are some rules to follow
You can overcome challenges by talking
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Useful Link
www.opendawn.com/resources
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Licensing
Copyright (c) Shane Coughlan 2009
Please do not redistribute without permission