Four Reasons To Pay Extra For Software Freedom

Four Reasons ToPay Extra For Software Freedom Open Source Trends and Directions Simon Phipps Director The Open Source Initiative http://www.webmink.com/

Software Freedom

The Greatest Enemy ofFreedom is aHappy Slave

Stallman

Software Freedoms ● Use ● Study ● Modify ● Distribute

Software Freedoms● Use ● Adoption-Led, Implement & Iterate ● Succeed – or fail - early ● Budget Control● Study ● Access to experts ● Proven solutions● Modify ● Rich marketplace ● Innovation freely possible● Distribute ● To your ecosystem ● To every citizen ● Within web pages & devices

Software Business Value Is The First Derivative Of Software Freedom

Premium Values● No Licence Compliance Management● Community Escrow● Simple Ecosystems● Adoption-Led Procurement http://webmink.com/essays/value

No Licence Compliance● Proprietary software applies licence terms to end users (EULA)● Software asset management is a major business cost● Open source licences have no end-user limitations - Free software has no EULA● Use that does not involve distribution to others has no compliance requirements● Key, under-recognised open source value http://webmink.com/essays/compliance

Community Escrow● If the vendor goes away, the community carries on http://webmink.com/essays/escrow

Simple Ecosystems● Every employee, every partner, every customer, every citizen can freely use the same software● Freely create extensions or custom distributions● Software use for work-from-home

Adoption-Led Deployment● Prototype and Iterate● Afford To Fail● Proceed When It Works● Secure vendor support when youre ready● Stay in control of what you spend, when you spend and where you spend http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_adoption_led_market

Procurement-Driven Customers become Users Payments requiredSpec RFP Bids Pilot Production Vendors drive process

Adoption-Led Model Subscription 1 Hire expert Normal staff LimitedPrototype Iterations Pilot Production roll-out First vendor Subscription 2 contact? Hire expert Per solution, even per component: ● Hire the staff ● Buy the vendor subscription ● Spread the load to normal staff http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_adoption_led_market

SubscriptionsThe Subscription covers:● Service Level Agreement ● Making your implementor succeed● Sustaining ● Keeping the product working as the environment evolves● Research & Development ● Ensuring the product delivers the functions needed for the future

Barriers To Value● Procurement Policy● Existing Lock-In● Vendor denies software freedom ● “Open Core” ● Single-party community ● Dual licence ● Cloud

Specify Software Freedom● Its OK to have a “jargon” token as long as business value is meant● All business values are the first or second derivative of software freedom● Treat open source as a defined term with a referenced policy

Trapped By “Gratis”● English meaning of “Free”● Cost-cutting history● Undue focus on price

If we didnt know better we would pay extrafor open source software

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Four Reasons To Pay Extra For Software Freedom

by SFScon on Nov 25, 2010

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