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Freedom for businesssome personal considerations on F/OSS & business

30 oct 2014 @ Brasov Tec !eetup

"oru #lasi

solutions arcitect @ apli$%or

F'OSS orani(ations ) Brasov Tec !eetup*Open +ir ,former F'OSS -amp.* rolinu$*

Summer scool !acea F'OSS contributor ) +pli$* Firebird S'*

!o(illa ,T) F'OSS5 and FOSS5 are used to be

neutral bet6een free soft6are and open

source.

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'et7s made tins clear )

read it 8ourself )

free soft6are5 definition) ttps)//666%nu%or/pilosop8/free9s6%tml

:open source: definition) ttp)//opensource%or/docs/osd

-ommon !isunderstandins );O soft6are 8ou can et for (ero price5

#=T? ) free soft6are > soft6are 6ic ives te user certain freedoms5

T) all e$istin free soft6are 6ould ualif8 as open source

T) nearl8 all open source soft6are is free soft6are,* but tere are

e$ceptions.T) tere are man8 free soft6are licenses aside from te =

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=et to te bussiness )rereuisites / 'icense

Open Source definition )

1% Free edistribution

2% Source -ode

3% "erived ;orAs4% #nterit8 of Te +utor7s Source -ode

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=et to te bussiness )rereuisites / 'icense

Free Soft6are definition )

Te freedom to run te proram as 8ou 6is* for an8purpose ,freedom 0.%

Te freedom to stud8 o6 te proram 6orAs* andcane it so it does 8our computin as 8ou 6is,freedom 1.% +ccess to te source code is a preconditionfor tis%

Te freedom to redistribute copies so 8ou can elp 8our

neibor ,freedom 2.%Te freedom to distribute copies of 8our modifiedversions to oters ,freedom 3.% B8 doin tis 8ou canive te 6ol

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=et to te bussiness )rereuisites / $pectations

;at oters 6ill e$pect from 8ou ,to deliver.)

'o6er cost

-ustomi(ation

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=et to te bussiness ) rereuisites /Tins to Aeep in mind

Tell te trut all te time

Trust te team

evie6 ever8tin* test ever8tin+ll developers are created eual

Te fastest 6a8 trou te proIect is to do itrit

eference ) ttp)//666%onlamp%com/pub/a/onlamp/200D/02/2E/6at9corp9proIects9learn9from9open9source%tml

H 2014* OJeill8 !edia* #nc%

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=et to te bussiness ) ;atincome model is appropriate

"ual9licensin

Sellin professional services

Sellin of branded mercandise

Sellin soft6are as a serviceartnersip 6it fundin orani(ations

Koluntar8 donations

Bounties ,for implemented features orbufi$es.

re9order/cro6dfundin/reverse9bount8model

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=et to te bussiness ) ;atincome model is appropriate

+dvertisin9supported soft6are

Sellin of optional proprietar8 e$tensions

Sellin of reuired proprietar8 parts of a

soft6are producte9licensin under a proprietar8 license

Obfuscation of source code

"ela8ed open9sourcin ,provide te latestversion available onl8 to pa8in customers.eference ) ttps)//en%6iAipedia%or/6iAi/BusinessLmodelsLforLopen9sourceLsoft6areM-allenes

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=et to te bussiness ) a8off7s

icard Stallman intervie6) :#Jm not one to claim tat # ot a 6a8 to maAe iteasier to raise mone8 to pa8 people 6o 6rite free soft6are% ;e all Ano6* tat tosome e$tent tere are 6a8s to do tat* but 6e all Ano6 tat te8 are limited* te8are not as broad as 6e 6ould liAe%:

Soft6are roducers ) 'o6er Overead &"evelopment Speed

Soft6are !ercants ) -loseness to te-ustomer & Broader !arAet

ntrepreneurs ) oin open9source is a 6a8to rab mind9sare

eference ) ttp)//opensource%or/advocac8/caseLforLbusiness%pp

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=et to te bussiness ) cos8stem

Neep e8es open %%% from man8 points of vie6 )

compan8 ,are all sure. ) 6at do 6e 6ant*!#

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=et to te bussiness )te rit mindset

emember

Tell te trut all te timeTrust te team

evie6 ever8tin* test ever8tin

+ll developers are created eualTe fastest 6a8 trou te proIect is to do itrit

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=et to te bussiness ) racticale$ample

6ere open* aren7t 6e

6at

6it 6om ,compan8* emplo8ees* budet*suppliers.

in 6ic conditions ,competition.

for 6o ,customer. ,can 6e et feedbacA.

o6 ,plannin* osint* attract capital* 6orA6it our es* it te marAet.

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"oru #lasidoruilasi@mail%com/ doru@apli$%or

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