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@zenstruck
About Me
Kevin Bond
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
PHP DeveloperSymfony Framework
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How many?
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Do you use open source?
Who uses open source software?
Who uses mass collaboration tools?
Who contributes?
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My CHANGELOG
v0.5
Game design
Windows development (codeproject.com)
v1.0
Web development (open source tools)
Open source developer
v2.0
Contributor
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States of Interaction
User
Developer
Contributor
Developer merges with Contributor
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Free!
Corporate Experience (“This software is free!”)
“Free speech vs free beer” Richard Stallman (GNU Project)
Open Source Initiative branched away from Free Software Foundation
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License
Importance
Copyright vs Copyleft
Viral license
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Documentation
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Tools
“Weapons of mass collaboration”
Internet
Web 1.0 (read-only)
Web 2.0 (read/write)
“Platforms for Participation”
Github
InnoCentive
SETI@home
FightAIDS@home
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Support
Free market
Finding a knowledgable consultant is easy (but sometimes unorthodox)
Bad support is weeded out
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How to make money?
Honestly
Indirectly
Ads
“Smart”Self-corrects to a reasonable amount
Anti-Corporate
New economy (a million pennies)
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Philosophy
Transparency
Proprietary is like potential energy (ball on a hill)
Like cooking recipes (recipes cannot be copyrighted)
Parallels to nature (evolution)
Self correcting/Self organizing system
Secondary purposes can arise
Is the cure for cancer or the key to solving the energy crises locked away?
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Future
“N-Gener's”
Quiet revolution
Distributed economy
Open government
