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FOSS Business Governance And Maximizing Value
Shane Martin Coughlan
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About Me
Owner of Opendawn Consulting
Regional Director Asia of Open Invention Network
Founder of FSFE's Legal Department and the European Legal Network
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What Is This Talk About?
Governance and collaboration
Let’s start with governance
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In The Beginning...
FOSS was pretty geeky
FOSS governance was pretty bad
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Today...
FOSS is everywhere
FOSS governance is pretty good
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Why?
FOSS can be used, studied, shared and improved
Everyone can work off flexible shared platforms
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Value World-Wide
49 Billion USD market in 2011
Figures from Linux Foundation
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Potential Powered By Licenses
The licenses provide common rules
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This Results In A Simple Outcome
To get the most from FOSS, people have to understand and follow the licenses
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With Great Value...
Comes great administration
(sometimes)
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Expectations
People will follow the rules
People will collaborate
People will recognize value
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Early Governance
It was all about the licenses
There was a narrow focus on compliance
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Some Early Cases
GPL-violations.org vs Sitecom
GPL-violations.org vs D-Link
SFLC vs 14 companies
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Modern Governance
Honor obligations in procurement and deployment
Maximize value throughout the supply chain
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Growing Up
From policy to processes
From using to creating
From isolation to collaboration
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Common Problems
People don't read the licenses
People don't follow the license terms
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Simple Solutions
Read the licenses
Follow the terms
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Lifecycle Management
What types of code do you use and why?
How do you manage change?
How do you ensure your obligations are met?
How is this applied through the supply chain?
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Deploying Good Governance
Buy or develop processes to manage code
Train people internally to obtain value without risk
Do the same for the supply chain
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Example Solutions
The FOSSBazaar website provides a community for sharing governance data: www.fossbazaar.org
Companies like Black Duck Software and
OpenLogic provide lifecycle management tools
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Emerging Solutions
Linux Foundation has a compliance programme
FOSS projects like Open Compliance Suite are appearing
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Governance Summary
FOSS governance used to be focused on understanding licenses as obligations
Now it is about maximizing potential through shared rules to improve collaboration
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Natural Progression
Collaboration is key
We need to collaborate effectively
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This Is Not About Code
Collaboration is not limited to software
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Platform Management
Managers, programmers and legal experts need to collaborate across organizations and borders
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Case Study: Management
Linux Foundation helps stakeholders collaborate around Linux in the US, Europe and Asia
It runs meetings, working groups and conferences to encourage shared understanding
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Case Study: Legal
The European Legal Network helps 280 stakeholders collaborate across 4 continents
It runs private mailing lists, special interest groups and conferences to share knowledge
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Case Study: Japan
Activities are organized by the government via the IPA and the industry via Linux Foundation Japan
Regional organizations like Ruby City Matsue are growing too and host international conferences
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Case Study: Taiwan
The Open Source Software Foundry gives support and legal advice to help companies use FOSS
A new legal network modeled on the European Legal Network is also being prepared for launch
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Case Study: Korea
NIPA is collaborating with KOSS Law Center and FSFE to develop governance activities
KOSS is building a legal network and launching an international conference to share knowledge
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Collaboration Summary
Software is a knowledge product
FOSS is a management approach for this product
It requires effective governance and collaboration to create maximum value for everyone
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The Future...
Today there are many governance mistakes
Many companies and projects are still islands
But that is changing
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Useful Link
www.opendawn.com/resources
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Licensing
These slides are copyright © Shane Coughlan 2009, 2010 and 2011. They are licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License