From the event "Open Technologies & Digital Transformation in the Public Sector" that took place in Athens on December 11, 2018. A joint event by UniSystems - Red Hat - GFOSS Open Technologies Alliance

1. Open Source Business Models
Ανοικτές Τεχνολογίες & Ψηφιακός
Μετασχηματισμός στο Δημόσιο
Δεκέμβριος 2018
Theodoros Karounos, Panagiotis Kranidiotis,
Despina Mitropoulou
GFOSS - Open Technologies Alliance

2. About GFOSS

3. Established in 2008, in operation since 1996
∙ members: 36 Universities and Research Centers
∙ non-profit organization with shareholders its
members
∙ Board of Directors (9 members)
∙ Scientific Committee (27 members)
∙ 8 working groups (>300 members)
∙ Over 9,000 individual members
Organisation

4. Aim:
Promote Openness in:
Education
Public Administration
Business

5. Open Source Business Models

6. Open Source Models
● In the Public Sector - ICT policy which encourages the use of
free and open source by public services
● In the Private Sector - revenue growth based on services for
ICT companies
● In Research and Academia - contribute to the development in
major open source projects

7. Open source business model approaches
● Dual-licensing
● Selling professional services
● Selling of branded merchandise
● Selling of certificates and trademark use
● Selling software as a service
● Partnership with funding organizations
● Voluntary donations
● Bounty driven development
● Pre-order/crowdfunding/reverse-bounty model
● Crowdsourcing
● Advertising-supported software
● Selling of optional proprietary extensions
● Selling of required proprietary parts of a software product
● Selling of proprietary update systems
● Re-licensing under a proprietary license
● Obfuscation of source code
● Delayed open-sourcing
● Open sourcing on end-of-life

8. Free and Open Source Software Licenses

9. Licences and rights

10. Liability?
8. Limitation of Liability. In no event and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, unless required by
applicable law (such as deliberate and grossly negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be liable to You for damages, including
any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of this License or out of the use or inability to
use the Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other
commercial damages or losses), even if such Contributor has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
1. LIMITATION ON AND EXCLUSION OF REMEDIES AND DAMAGES. YOU CAN RECOVER FROM MICROSOFT AND ITS SUPPLIERS
ONLY DIRECT DAMAGES UP TO U.S. $5.00. YOU CANNOT RECOVER ANY OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING CONSEQUENTIAL, LOST
PROFITS, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES.
2. This limitation applies to
○ anything related to the software, services, content (including code) on third party Internet sites, or third party programs; and
○ claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty, guarantee or condition, strict liability, negligence, or other tort to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
3. It also applies even if Microsoft knew or should have known about the possibility of the damages. The above limitation or exclusion may not
apply to you because your country may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential or other damages. If your local law
allows you to recover other damages from Microsoft even though we do not, you cannot recover more than $5.00 USD, or the amount you paid
for the software, whichever is higher.

11. Open Source Licence Comparison

12. Open Source Licenses Comparison

13. Contribution of GFOSS

14. GFOSS’ work is focused on:
● Facilitating and bringing together the experience and research
from Academia and the FOSS Communities to the private and
public sector.
● Foster cooperation for all stakeholders that are directly or
indirectly involved in the promotion and development of Open
Technologies

15. To achieve our goals we cooperate with:
● the Greek Open Technologies communities of users and
developers
● laboratories using and developing Open Technology in Greek
Universities and Research Centers
● interested parties/potential users (public administration, local
and regional governments, educational institutions,
businesses)
● ICT companies, that provide Open Technologies support and
development services in Greece.

16. Indicative Initiatives
● Policy Advocacy
● Raising Awareness / Presenting Use Cases
● Memorandums of Understanding
● Participation in international initiatives (eg. GSoC, EEN)
● Training in Open Technologies

17. Useful Links:
● https://mathe.ellak.gr/?page_id=95
● https://mathe.ellak.gr/?page_id=75
● https://mathe.ellak.gr/?page_id=80
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_models_for_open-
source_software
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-
source_software_licenses
● https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/basque-countrys-open-
source
● https://gfoss.eu/