From Here To There: How FOSS has changed in the last five years
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From Here To There: How FOSS has changed in the last five
years, and where it is going next
Shane Martin Coughlan
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Five Years Ago...
FOSS was new and exciting
It was driving emerging companies like Google
It was transforming server and embedded markets
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Today...
FOSS drives an economy worth 50 billion dollars
FOSS is present in every sector
FOSS is mainstream, trusted, required
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An Evolutionary Process
We got from A to B through learning
FOSS development adapted
FOSS approaches evolved
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Ups And Downs
There were challenges along the way
Some about community management
Some about legal boundaries
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From Hacker To Contributor
FOSS used to be developed for fun
That is still true for some
But today the majority of code is corporate funded
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From Guidelines To Rules
FOSS licenses were more of a manifesto
Licenses were rules of last resort for hacking
Now they manage fairness in a 50 billion economy
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Different Times, Different Worries
We used to worry about copyright
Now we worry more about patents, broader IPR
We fret about the supply chain too
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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 product life-cycle
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The Core Remains The Same
Changes have been about how to do FOSS
Not about what FOSS is
We still use, study, share and improve code
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Expectations Are A Constant
Stakeholders are expected to contribute
Stakeholders are expected to follow the rules
Stakeholders are expected to play nice
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The More Things Change…
Big picture, we are growing up
We used to deal with individual challenges
Now we address many interconnected challenges
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Dealing With Variables
In development: investment, returns, lead time
In legal issues: IPR, risk, exposure
In business: putting it all together
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Pulling Back
FOSS is not about code
FOSS is not about licenses
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The Big Picture
Software is a knowledge product
FOSS is a management approach for this product
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25 Years To See The Obvious
It took a while to work that out
FOSS is not people, code or apps
It is a method for collaborative creativity
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The Nutshell
FOSS leverages software further than other approaches
Remember: use, study, share and improve
Other approaches maybe give you 25% to 50%
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The Strategy Objective
Use FOSS flexibility to get a sustained advantage
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Natural Progression
Collaboration is key
We need to collaborate effectively
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Looping Around
We are back to platforms
FOSS as an approach is great at platforms
It saves money, increases innovation, provides adaptability
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Platform Management
Managers, programmers and legal experts need to collaborate across organizations and borders
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Crowd-Sourcing
In essence, FOSS allows third parties to work together
These combined minds are better are refining creations
And that leads to better solutions
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Challenges Ahead
The benefits of FOSS are also a weakness
Breakdowns in collaboration reduce the potential
This is the biggest challenge moving forward
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Details Concealing A Big Problem
FOSS is still pretty vulnerable to inter-party conflict
This could be between FOSS stakeholders or third parties
It could be using copyright, patents or other measures
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Improving Governance, Reducing Risk
Governance is more than about licenses or law
It is about the end-to-end process of dealing with code
The better the governance, the less the risk
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The Correct Path
FOSS Governance is already pretty good
FOSS life-cycle management is maturing
Methods of dealing with the supply chain are appearing
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A Future Of Refinement
The next five years will see a refinement of governance
More information will be standardized
The baseline of quality will improve
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Do Not Get Carried Away
We are not there yet
There is tremendous advantage in FOSS
But there is still a systemic challenge to overcome
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Next Steps
Standards
Shared knowledge
Common practices
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And Then...
We get this right, we get more value
Simple, really
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Licensing
These slides are copyright © Shane Coughlan 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. They are licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License