Team 8 presented an open source initiative report to ATM Jakaria Khan at IBA University of Dhaka. The report defined open source, discussed the history and key events in open source including the GNU project and Linux kernel. It also provided an overview of the Bangladesh Open Source Network and research findings on open source in Bangladesh. Finally, it outlined challenges to open source adoption at the consumer, B2B, and developer levels in Bangladesh including issues related to awareness, piracy, integration, licensing, and lack of clear business models.