Some ideas about how to apply the principles of Open Source to business.

1. The Business
of Open Source

2. Who am I?
twitter: LizaK
LinkedIn: Liza Kindred
SlideShare: LizaK

3. Who I am not?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foundphotoslj

4. Who are you?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/

5. Open Source is a way for people to
collaborate on software without being
encumbered by the problems of
intellectual property.
--The Open Source Initiative

6. Open Source is also a way for businesses to
espouse the qualities of openness &
collaboration and harness them into
successful, modern business models.
--LizaK

7. Why should we care?

8. Why should we care?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/

9. The Definition

10. Huh?

11. Huh?
openness

12. Huh?
openness credit

13. Huh?
openness credit
growth

14. Many ways to
apply + interpret

15. 1.

16. Free Redistribution

17. Free Redistribution

18. 2.

19. Source Code

20. Source Code

21. 3.

22. Derived Works

23. Derived Works

24. Derived Works

25. Derived Works

26. 4.

27. Integrity of the Author’s
Source Code

28. Integrity of the Author’s
Source Code

29. Integrity of the Author’s
Source Code
GIVE

30. 5.

31. No Discrimination Against
People or Groups

32. No Discrimination Against
People or Groups
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayparnova/

33. 6.

34. No Discrimination Against
Fields of Endeavor

35. No Discrimination Against
Fields of Endeavor
Departments

36. No Discrimination Against
Fields of Endeavor
Departments
Marketing

37. No Discrimination Against
Fields of Endeavor
Departments
Marketing
Profit

38. I make money using my brains and lose money
listening to my heart. But in the long run, my books
balance pretty well.
-- Kate Seredy

39. 7.

40. Distribution of License

41. Distribution of License

42. 8.

43. License Must Not Be
Specific to a Product

44. License Must Not Be
Specific to a Product
• If an idea / process is good, implement
it across your organization.

45. 9.

46. License Must Not Restrict
Other Software

47. License Must Not Restrict
Other Software

48. License Must Not Restrict
Other Software
X

49. 10.

50. License Must Be
Technology-Neutral
Be flexible.

51. License Must Be
Technology-Neutral
Be flexible.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boaz/

52. How do we apply
these ideas?

53. Open Books

54. B Corp’s
bcorporation.net

55. Implementations

56. Ways to Start

57. Ways to Start

58. Ways to Start

59. Ways to Start

60. Benefits

61. Benefits

62. Benefits

63. Benefits

64. Challenges

65. Challenges

66. Pick Your Pony
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freebird4/

67. My mother said, ʻYou wonʼt amount to anything
because you procrastinateʼ.
I said, ʻJust wait.ʼ
-- Judy Tenuta

68. Further Reading