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Open Source Business Model

Iviee Li Ben Weintraub. Open Source Business Model. Examples of Open Source Software. Googleware – Google Search Engine Mozilla & Firefox – Web browsers BitTorrent – P2P File Sharing Open Office – Productivity Suite. Definition of Open Source.

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Open Source Business Model

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  1. Iviee Li Ben Weintraub Open Source Business Model

  2. Examples of Open Source Software • Googleware – Google Search Engine • Mozilla & Firefox – Web browsers • BitTorrent – P2P File Sharing • Open Office – Productivity Suite

  3. Definition of Open Source • Software that comes with permission for anyone to use, copy, and distribute, either verbatim or with modifications, either gratis or for a fee. • Source code must be available. • “If it's not source, it's not software.” • Nearly all free software is open source, and nearly all open source software is free. Source: GNU Project – Free Software Foundation (FSF)‏

  4. What is Free Software? • Free software is equivalent to open source. • FSF prefers the term “free software” because it refers to freedom – something that the term “open source” does not do. • Freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software • Video clip – Richard Stallman on the definition of free software

  5. Free Software vs. Proprietary

  6. History • Richard Stallman – founding father of the free software movement • Created the legal, philosophical and technological software foundation of the free software movement – Free Software Foundation • Video clip – Richard Stallman on the beginning of free software movement

  7. GNU Project • GNU – coined by Richard Stallman • GNU = GNU’s Not Unix • Name chosen for 3 reasons: • Recursive acronym • Gnu is a real word • It is fun to say • Basis for Linux operating system

  8. General Public License • Copy-left • Developed through the GNU Project • Standardized license for free software • Video clip – Richard Stallman

  9. Proprietary vs. Open Source • Bill Gates argued that without paying programmers to write software, there will not be well-written software with proper documentations • Open source community argues that through a collaborative effort to continually improve on software that is available to the public, changes can be made quickly and software would improve at a faster pace.

  10. How Does It Make Money? • Support services • Consultation • Documentation needed

  11. Readings • Reading #1: The Open Source Definition (Annotated), Ken Coar on Mon, 2006/07/24. • Reading #2: Interview with Sun Microsystems Chief Technology Officer, Greg Papadopoulos , CaliforniaConnected.org, 2006/08/06. • Reading #3: Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy (2005) by Ron Goldman & Richard P. Gabriel. • Reading # 4: Newsmaker: Rockin' on without Microsoft (2003) by David Becker

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