6. Open source
“ Software that comes with permission to use, copy and
distribute, either as is or with modifications, and that
may be offered either free or with a charge ”
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9. Why Open Source?
Open source is transformative -The 4 biggest tech
deals of the year are related to open source software.
Open source is liberating - it puts power in the hands
of the developers.
Open source reduces technical debt - it promotes
extensibility and reusability.
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10. Q: “Do you view Linux and the open-source movement as a
threat to Microsoft?”
A: “Yeah. It's good competition. It will force us to be innovative. It will force us to
justify the prices and value that we deliver. And that's only healthy.The only thing
we have a problem with is when the government funds open-source work.
Government funding should be for work that is available to everybody. Open source
is not available to commercial companies.The way the license is written, if you use
any open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open source.
If the government wants to put something in the public domain, it should. Linux is
not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual
property sense to everything it touches.That's the way that the license works.”
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
Interview with Chicago Sun-Times, June 01,2001
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11. The open source promise
Open exchange of ideas
Participation and collaboration
Community
Rapid development
Natural promotion of Diversity
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12. The Open Source Definition by OSI
1. Free Redistribution
2. Source Code
3. DerivedWorks
4. Integrity ofThe Author's Source Code
5. No DiscriminationAgainst Persons or Groups
6. No DiscriminationAgainst Fields of Endeavor
7. Distribution of License
8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
10. License Must BeTechnology-Neutral
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14. Open source business models
“Open source is not a business model - it’s a market strategy”
1. Support and services
2. Additional features at a cost
3. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
4. Advertisements and Partnership
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