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Open Source Softwarea business model?
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Today's Program
● How I got involved into Open Source● About cooking recipes● Open Source protagonists
● Educational (students, teachers)● Developers● Corporate● Customer (consumer)
● The 'Beekeper' Model● The 'Georepublic' Model
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Before FOSS4G
● Grown up in Munich (Germany)● Studied Human Geography at Technical
University of Munich● Wrote my thesis about City Planning and in
Hanshin Area (Osaka-Kobe)● Worked at a traffic engineering/planning
office● Taught ski in Germany and Hachi Kogen
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Afterwards
● Worked 4 years for Orkney in Yokohama● Started pgRouting as community open source
project● Founded Georepublic and moved to Osaka● Living together with my wife and 2 children● Enjoy open source and collaborative
development● Try to follow new GIS trends and cool stuf
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Big Software Variety
http://www.prodevelop.es/files/fm/public/images/foss4g_2010_tag_cloud.png
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What is Open Source?
● Give away software for free?● Written by geeks?
Is it reliable?● Who guarantees that open source software
works? What if it doesn't work?
● Open Source ↔ Commercial Proprietary↔
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Cooking Recipes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barron/3231979622/sizes/o/in/photostream/
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How do people share recipes?
● Cooking books● Cooking TV shows● Cooking classes● Magazines● Internet communities● By word of mouth● Job training● ...
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A “proprietary” Recipe
● You buy a license for a recipe and ...● You are allowed cooking it for a period of 2 years● You are allowed to cook for a 4 person family● You can buy a “guest extension” to cook for friends
● You are required to buy ingredients from a certain food company to use the recipe.
● You're not allowed to share the recipe with others.
● You're not allowed to modify it.
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So how to make money?
● Publishing selected and reviewed recipes in books and magazines
● Advertising● Training/Teaching● Ofer “professional services” (Restaurant)● Sell ingredients (food companies)● … or just cook for yourself and enjoy
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Freebeer.org – CC by SA
http://freebeer.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sapporo.png
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Free Software for Academia
● Low costs for students (no need to hunt for pirated software)
● No expensive license fees for educators, classrooms
● Take the 'skills' and tools with you after graduation
● Learn about how technologies work, not how to use some special software
● Free resources (documentation, learning materials, workshops, howto's, ...)
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Free Software for Enterprises
● Start development based on solid software● Collaborative development● Community support● Partnerships with similar-minded companies● Motivation to publish 'clean' code● Strong position of developers● Marketing and Visibility● No Software License Management
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Software License Management
A license manager is a software management tool used by software vendors or by end-user organizations to control where and how software products are able to run.
License managers protect software vendors from losses due to software piracy and enable end-user organizations to enforce compliance with software license agreements.
License managers enable software vendors to offer a wide range of usage-centric software licensing models, such as product activation, trial licenses, subscription licenses, feature-based licenses, and floating licensing from the same software package they provide to all users.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_manager
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Free Software for Developers
● Motivation to write 'good' code● Easy integration of existing software, libraries,
etc.● Free resources (mailing lists, documentation,
learning materials)● Take the 'skills' and tools with you when
changing the employer● Open Source portfolio (Github, Ohloh, ...)
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Free Software for Customers
● Owner of the software sources, no 'black box' software
● No vendor lock-in● No 'proprietary formats' lock● Free and unlimited 'trials'● Customized software development● No software license management● 'Endless' (unlimited) support
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Open Source is “Giving away” for free?
● Not required to publish the source code● Custom software development● Diferent ways of revenue● Community driven development
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The 'Beekeeper' Model
http://www.beeandwaspremoval.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Beekeeper.gif
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Georepublic
● 'Beekeper' Model doesn't match well no intent and resources to control a project→
● Fair collaboration with community and other open source businesses
“give-and-take” (generates trust)→● Ability to ofer IT services with little human resources
and development time● Collaborate on large scale projects
● Ability to recruit from the communities
● Visibility and “Advertising” (Honey Pot)
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Opinions?
Is the 'Beekeeper' Model a feasible Open Source Business Model?
Is Open Source a Business or Development Model?
