The document discusses principles for creating a sustainable open source software ecosystem. It outlines several key elements that are important for an ecosystem to thrive, including giving back to and sharing with the community through contributions, feedback, and issue reporting. It also emphasizes the importance of being fair and transparent to different types of users and contributors through accessible pricing and open access to source code and issue tracking systems. The overall message is that selfish or unfair practices will not support a long-term, profitable open ecosystem.

1. Creating your libre project
ecosystem.
David SAUVAGE
Software Agile Architect
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 david.sauvage@adalabs.com
University of Mauritius
December 2012

2. We get the ecosystem we
deserve
● Why a sustainable ecosystem ?
● Elements for your ecosystem
● Give and take ● Technical
● Be fair ● Financial
● Share ● Community
● Don't hide
● People
Ecosystem principles Project entities
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3. Why a sustainable ecosystem ?
● Any other ecosystem would be
● Unprofessional
● Unethical
● Not profitable in the long run
Artwork credit - Patrice OFFMAN
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4. Give and take > Technical
● As a start-up/company/individual/..., we are using
external open technologies and COTS for your
projects.
● Give feedbacks, write valuable bug reports.
● Propose patches, feature enhancements.
Take only ≠ Open 4

5. Don't hide > Technical
● As a software vendor, your software are open source,
but:
● There is no git access to your product
● There is no issue/feature management system
● Parts of your products/features are not available
Hide ≠ Open 5

6. Be fair > Community
● As a software vendor, your software are open
source, but:
● Latest version are not available
● Only obsolete/buggy version available
Unfair ≠ Open 6

7. Be fair > Financial
● Individual ≠ Freelance ≠ Smart-up ≠ NGO ≠
Academic ≠ World wide company
● Adapt your prices
● Adapt your support
Unfair ≠ Open 7

8. Give and take > Community
● As a company, you receive external contribution
from your community
● How are they rewarded ?
Take only ≠ Open 8

9. Share > People
● As a company, you receive energy from your
employees
● How are they rewarded ?
Take only ≠ Open 9

10. Ecosystem = Success key
element
● Give and take ● Technical
● Be fair ● Financial
● Share ● Community
● Don't hide ● People
● <your inputs> ● <your inputs>
Ecosystem principles Project entities
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11. Feedbacks ?
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