The panel discussion focused on building open source communities and business models. Panelists represented companies and organizations working at the intersection of open source and business. They discussed topics like how to build communities the right way, different monetization strategies, and licensing options. The panelists shared their experiences in building communities and monetizing in a way that supports rather than hinders the community. They also discussed the role of leadership, objectives, and competitive advantages in starting an open source project.

1. Panel
Open Source Community &
Business Development
17.10.2016
Mindtrek 2016
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2. Panelists
• Carlo Daffara, CTO of CloudWeavers and
researcher on IT economics
• Matti Pesu, Chair of the Oskari-network,
Senior inspector in the Finnish Transport
Agency
• Vesa-Matti Hartikainen, Program Manager,
Jolla Oy
• Martin von Willebrand, Chairman of COSS ry,
Validos ry and Attorney at HH Partners

3. • Building an open source community as a platform
for, enabler or booster of business. Or building
business as a booster of community?
• How to build a community the right way, and
what not to do? What are the positives and
negatives?
• What type of monetization is positive/negative
for the community?
• Licensing options and open core, dual licensing
and delayed open licenses.

4. • Intros and viewpoints
• In building community what have you achieved, how?
• What have found out that did not work?
• Leadership question: role of objectives in the start?
• Monetization: how do you make money? What
monetization supports the community, what works against
it?
– Is it ok, if it works against the community, but not too much
• Role of defining/finding the competitive advantage?
• Licensing can be used to create scarcity, does it work,
when?
– It surely works for some proprietary companies