Presentation for the 13th International Free Software Forum by Deborah Bryant, designed to highlight the social and civic benefits of open source around the world to a young audience and to introduce them to the Open Source Initiative. (opensource.org).

1. The Revolution from Inside
Welcome to Open Source!
Deborah Bryant Bruno Ferreira de Souza
Open Source Initiative SouJava
presented to the
July 26, 2012 13th International Free Software Forum FISL 13

2. Now more than ever,
FOSS is making an impact
around the World

3. Crisis Management
Crisis
Commons
Sahana
Software
Foundation
Ushaidi
Jasmine Phua, Crisis Commons Project Management Team, Washington D.C.

4. Health Care IT

5. Government Gets More Open

6. Government-Funded Centers Brazil
Germany
!Italy
!India
!Japan
!Malaysia
!Spain
!Sweden
!Venezuela

7. Government Operations
Significant use of
open source is
happening even in
countries where
proprietary software
has dominated.
Palmetto,
South Carolina
regional open
source
conference

8. Enabling Open Data
Bill McCluggage Director of ICT Strategy & Policy
Office of the HM Government CIO
Open.gov, Belfast Northern Ireland

9. From
From
within,
practice
to a
to
public
public
policy
debate.

10. Economic Development
Deborah Bryant, Shimane Japan Open Source Salon

11. Celebrate Open Source!
Open Source Software Day
Awards Presentation
Seoul, South Korea

12. FOSS + Open Government
Open.gov & eParticipation Forum
Belfast, Northern Ireland
OpenIsland Series

13. Democratic Process

14. Increased Academic Research
Bergen Community College Poster Session
Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Conference
(HFOSS) Dallas, Texas

15. FOSS Events are Plentiful
Bruno Sauza, SouJava Community Leader, Brazil
Open Source for America booth at the Open Source Convention (OSCON)
Portland, Oregon

16. Some challenges remain.
• Public Policy Challenge
• Government makes a difference. Procurement for
large public sector projects is still out of reach for
many.
• Balanced Interest Challenge
• Community, industry, academic, and investment
stakeholders are some times at odds.
• Investment Challenge
• Global financial crisis represents more opportunity
for open source, but less resource for those
implementing.

17. We Need Your Help

18. OSI’s Starting Point
•OSI founded 1998 by key figures in free and
open source software
• Steward of the Open Source Definition
• Making open source licenses simpler for
developers and businesses
www.opensource.org

19. Building Bridges to
the World of Free
Software

20. The OSI Mission: More than Licenses
"to educate about and advocate for the
benefits of open source and to build
bridges among different constituencies
in the open source community.”

21. OSI Membership Programs
Give Voice to a World of Stakeholders
• Affiliate Members
New Non Profit Organizations with a shared
interest and support for free software
• Individual Members
Free Software enthusiasts who want to
show their support Free Software
• Corporate Members
A future program to allow commercial
interest a balanced opportunity to support
free software (winter 2012)

22. OSI Affiliates as of 07.2012

23. Individuals
joining
together help
us reach places
we can not
alone.

24. You can add your voice
opensource.org/join
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25. Find Your Passion |Get Involved
• join a community • write your
experience!
• write code
• ask someone what
• document! you can do
• help your school or • find someone you
local government respect and learn
something new
• help teach a class
• change a policy

26. Obrigado!
¡Gracias!
Thank you!

27. More
information?
Deborah Bryant
debbryant@opensource.org
Bruno Sauza
bruno@javaman.com.br
Mark Prutsalis of
Sahana Foundation at
First International Crisis Congress
Washington, D.C. USA