Pradyot Sahu OPEN INNOVATION AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE - AN INTRODUCTION

Innovation - Definition 1. The act of introducing something new. 2. Something newly introduced.

Open Innovation Use of Innovations in the form of processes or products or knowledge created by others. Internal innovations not being used should be taken outside by licensing, joint ventures, spin-offs

Use of Innovations in the form of processes or products or knowledge created by others.

Internal innovations not being used should be taken outside by

licensing,

joint ventures,

spin-offs

Open Innovation Characteristics Purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge Accelerated Organic growth of innovation Distributed knowledge Reliance on the outside innovators or users who innovate on a purpose (may or may not for monetary benefits)‏ Internal Innovators innovate for other companies New breed of open innovators(individuals or organizations) who innovate for own/others needs.

Purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge

Accelerated Organic growth of innovation

Distributed knowledge

Reliance on the outside innovators or users who innovate on a purpose (may or may not for monetary benefits)‏

Internal Innovators innovate for other companies

New breed of open innovators(individuals or organizations) who innovate for own/others needs.

Open Innovation in Open Source Software IP Philosophy – Open and available to all Production via collaboration Corporate Participation (Sun, Microsoft, IBM)‏

IP Philosophy – Open and available to all

Production via collaboration

Corporate Participation (Sun, Microsoft, IBM)‏

Open Source as Open Innovation Open source software developments open to all say in a sf.net hosted project Pooled/Joint R&D – Linux and Mozilla Spinouts – Mozilla from Netscape, Eclipse from IBM Selling Components – Apache, KDE Donated Complements – Avalanche, PC Game “Mods” (Make money by core innovation but seek complements by donated development)‏

Open source software developments open to all say in a sf.net hosted project

Pooled/Joint R&D – Linux and Mozilla

Spinouts – Mozilla from Netscape, Eclipse from IBM

Selling Components – Apache, KDE

Donated Complements – Avalanche, PC Game “Mods” (Make money by core innovation but seek complements by donated development)‏

Open Innovators in Open Source Software Development Planners or Managers Architects Code writers Bug fixers Testers Enhancement requestors (users/customers)‏ Customers (Automated Test Data thru Internet)

Planners or Managers

Architects

Code writers

Bug fixers

Testers

Enhancement requestors (users/customers)‏

Customers (Automated Test Data thru Internet)

Open Source NOT Open Innovation Non-participation of the founders with future developers of the same open source Thousands of Open Source Software Projects developed by few software developers Mozilla abandoned by AOL/Netscape Several Xerox Palo Alto Spin-offs

Non-participation of the founders with future developers of the same open source

Thousands of Open Source Software Projects developed by few software developers

Mozilla abandoned by AOL/Netscape

Several Xerox Palo Alto Spin-offs

Open Innovation NOT Open Source Innovation is open to all but Internal components and their workings are NOT open source IBM PC with Windows and Intel and other components

Innovation is open to all but Internal components and their workings are NOT open source

IBM PC with Windows and Intel and other components

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