Open source is now at the heart of business and society. We need more than ever to understand that what's important is not just software but the freedom to use, study, improve and share software -- software freedom. This is the talk I presented at FrOSCON in St Augustin, Germany, on Saturday August 22, 2015.

1. The Business Value
Of Open Source
FrOSCon, St Augustin, August 22, 2015
Simon Phipps, simon@webmink.com · Supported by http://wipro.com

3. Is Open Source
Still Relevant
Now The Battle
Against Microsoft
Is Over?
Question!

5. That was never the
battle.

6. Open Source has changed
From Dangerous
1998 2015
to Default

7. 78% of businesses
operating with open source
Source: The Future of Open Source survey 2015

8. 55% say open source
more secure
than proprietary
Source: The Future of Open Source survey 2015

9. 88% will contribute
to open source in the
next three years
Source: The Future of Open Source survey 2015

11. Open Source
Is Now
Everywhere

12. Relevant?
Hell yes!

13. Origins

14. Use
Study
Improve
Share

15. Open Source Definition
1. Free Redistribution
2. Source Code Available
3. Derived Works Allowed
4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code
5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Use
7. Redistribution Maintains All Rights
8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral

16. Permissionless

18. Flexibility

19. New Technologies
Only Possible
With Open Source

20. Cloud
Computing

21. Permissionless
Cloud Scaling
Flexibility

22. Internet Of
Things

23. Permissionless
Device
Firmware

26. Use
Study
Improve
Share

27. USE
Prototype-led
Fail early
Change readily

28. USE
STUDY
Hire experts freely
In-house expertise at any level
Understand product intimately

29. USE
STUDY
IMPROVE
Rich Marketplace
No barriers to innovation
Built-in escrow

30. USE
STUDY
IMPROVE
SHARE
Deploy without barriers
Partner ecosystems
Citizen and customer usage

31. The First Derivative Of
Software Freedom
Business Value Is

32. The Business Value of Open Source
● Re-empowers the CxO — control returned
○ over long-term budget
○ of overall architecture
● Energises the developer — flexibility means
○ more options from more sources
○ in control of architecture
● Both benefit from suppliers committed to
your software freedom

33. Principles
● Flexibility is the origin of the values of open
source
● A community-enabling ethic is the origin of
that flexibility
● Both depend on and create environments
where permission is granted in advance

35. Focus on flexibility & you'll make
savings too
But focus on savings & your
vendors will keep you trapped

36. If we didn't know better
we would pay extra
for open source software

37. A Note About Community

39. Guarantees for collaboration
arise from
permission in advance
granted by
open source licenses

40. Open source licenses
are the
multilateral consensus
of the
permissions and norms
for a
community

41. Software freedom remains the key to our
future:
● Origin of business value
● Origin of freedom to innovate
● Basis of trust in a meshed society
● Essential context for any community
Summary:

42. Brief History of OSI
● Licensing
○ Software Freedom
○ Open Source Definition
○ License Review
● Best Practice
○ Community Building
○ Practical Benefits
○ Adoption

43. Incubator Process

44. From Board ...

45. … to Community

46. Incubator Process
1. Propose a new
activity
2. Get a green light
3. Build deliverable
by agreed date
4. Gain Board
approval for
deliverable

47. Proposal Content
● What is the deliverable?
● Who will create deliverable?
● What OSI resources will that take?
● When will you make the delivery?

48. Deliverable Content
● The thing you are
creating
● The costed plan to
sustain it
Becomes permanent
part of OSI

49. Summary
● Software freedom is the key to
open source value
● Software freedom delivers
permission for community through
OSI-approved licenses
● OSI has transformed to support
community as well as licenses

50. Thank You!
simon@webmink.com
This presentation is the opinion of the presenter. It is not intended to offer legal advice, nor does it necessarily
represent the views of any entity, including Wipro Ltd and its clients.
© 2015 Wipro Ltd & 2008-15 Simon Phipps · Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Unported v3.0

51. Q & A
Licensing
Patents
"Free" vs "Open"
Community
Governance
Foundations
Procurement
HR Policy